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I've spent plenty of time in the classroom and have seen cases where students have been carrying around illegal stuff in their Advil, etc. bottles. Then, I've seen them share it. If this is allowed you create a situation where teachers end up checking that it's really Advil in the Advil bottle.

The rule might be an inconvenience, but nobody is denying the girl her Advil here. Plus, it's a slippery slope. What are you going to end up with? A list of approved drugs for the kids to carry around? And what if they take too many of something and overdose? Nobrainer that's a lawsuit if a parent didn't give the kid the drug.

Won't get fooled again?...Yeah, sometimes I am. But this time, no. The extreme punishment seems like an attempt to dismantle the law, given the opportunity by a girl who didn't want to be inconvenienced by something as trivial as a rule.

I spent many years in school myself. I don't recall whether I ever took OTC meds to school or not. I do recall several teachers who would give us Tylenol or aspirin if we asked. It was probably a little secret between students and teachers. Shoot, I was pretty close with the principals at my high school. I don't doubt that they or the secretaries would have handed me a Tylenol if I asked. That was in the mid 80s.

This is all sort of funny. Expulsion over Advil. Common sense has left the building. Are teachers allowed to have Advil? Or do they get fired for bringing an evil drug to school? Should women have to go home when they have cramps once a month? Or should they have to go to the office and request an Advil from their stash kept by the nurse and authorized by their doctor? Should young ladies/women have to inform the school of their monthlies just to make sure they are taking Advil for the right reason? Sooooooooo stupid. I bet a bunch of MALE LAWYERS wrote the policy for the police STATE.

Our school allows the students to carry a 1-day supply of OTC medications in the original package. They aren't allowed to share. Prescription drugs must be dispensed by the nurse.

We've had to call EMS before because of students overdosing on OTC cold medication provided by another student.

The headline here looks pretty ridiculous but I'll note two things: first, the parent can say whatever she wants, but if the school board gave all of its side of the story, it would be violating the student's privacy, so we probably don't have all the facts.

I also noted this part:

"...another school official said earlier Thursday that having medication on campus doesn't automatically lead to a one-year expulsion. "After an investigation and a hearing then, if necessary, punishment is administered. It could be no punishment," said Betty McCauley, Bossier schools student services director."

I don't think we have the full story.

'I've spent plenty of time in the classroom and have seen cases where students have been carrying around illegal stuff in their Advil, etc. bottles. Then, I've seen them share it. If this is allowed you create a situation where teachers end up checking that it's really Advil in the Advil bottle."

Sounds, to me, like an abrogation of responsibity, on the teachers' part.

There is no justification, by saying someone MIGHT break the law. The implication is that teachers seem to think it is ok to suspend the Bill of Rights, because they are only chil'run!

The fact that there are bottom-feeders (lawyers) out there, looking for an opportunity, is certainly no reason to take away someone's Fourth and Fifth Amdt. Rights. If a crime is committed, the teachers, and others in authority, have an obligation to see that it is prosecuted, and the offender punished. Zero tolerance 'Rules" are an infringement on Individual Rights. (Where is a lawyer, when you really need one?)

Sorry, but I still think you HAVE been fooled, or just don't see any necessity in maintaining the promises made to the Citizens, in the Bill of Rights...or you have just received a contemporary 'public school' education (and don't know any better!). (I did go to a public school, but at NHHS, Wilmington, NC, class of '65, they taught us about the Constitution, and WHAT IT MEANS!)