[jtroutma]

Now that I am out of the shock factor (yesterday finished two certification tests back-to-back and then reading that and thinking about my own ex-stepdaughters problems :shrug: )

It sounds like they are making an example out of her. The school wants to make it known that they will not be "lite" on people who put this kind of stuff and they are showing what they CAN do, no necessarily what they WILL do in all cases.

I have been working at a highschool for almost a year now and my office is IMMEDIATELY next to, what they call, the "Work-In-Progesses" room (AKA Problem students) I have had great conversations with the on-campus police officer about what goes on in this school.

Side Note: I HAVE SEEN STUDENTS MAKE JOINT PIPES OUT OF EVERY IMAGINABLE METHOD THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DREAM!!! (Pepsi cans, clay school projects,etc..) I am amazed.

Out of all the drugs and problems that have walked by my office door I have YET to hear about even one case where a student was caught with an illegal drug in their possesion and then getting suspended and sent off to an alternative school.

The WORST offence that I have ever directly delt with was a student who repeatedly violated the school computer policy and had key loggers found in his student server folder. (He just had his account disabled perminately for the rest of the year)

Not saying that computer offences and drug offences are the same but from what I am reading, it sounds that they are going overboard.

I will discuss this with my on-site campus officer directly and find out how he would deal with it and also with the Dean of this Highschool. I seriously doubt that they would send her off to a new school. Suspension I can see; not necessarily an expulsion though......