A junior high student in Ohio was suspended for four months for giving a friend some Midol. The problem is we're living in a society where everything is reduced to a rule or regulation and there's no common sense. Other parents are more understanding of the schools' rules. We blame them when there are drugs in the schools, and then we condemn them when they take action to keep them out. The POST notes that schools nationwide are implementing get- tough policies regarding weapons and violence.
Most districts automatically expel students who are caught with a weapon in school.
Schools' policies on drugs are more diverse, according to the paper. Typically, students are required to hand any prescription or legal non-prescription drug over to the school nurse. The divergence is over how to handle students who come to school with a bottle of legal drugs, and what to do if that student dispenses the drug to a classmate. Unfortunately, when you try to respond to those problems using a systemwide approach, sometimes there is a tendency to overreact. The program is run by the Dallas County government, its first venture at educating students, writes the paper.