Posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:34 PM PST by Revel
Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar
BY JUSTINA WANG A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed.
The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends.
The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.
Two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning, the boy's mother said.
He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.
Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school reported the boy's comments. The youngster was taken to the police station and detained, before being released to his parents that afternoon.
"This is getting ridiculous," said the boy's mother. "They treated my son like a criminal. .. . This is no way to treat a 12-year-old kid."
East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.
The district issued a written statement, which said: "The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear.
Could get probation "Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two."
The school handbook states that students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug.
Penalties for juveniles are decided on a case-by-case basis, but if convicted, the sixth-grader could likely face up to five years' probation, said Jeffery Jefko, deputy director of Kane County juvenile court services.
Juveniles who have prior criminal records could also be placed in a residential treatment program if convicted, he said.
Aurora Beacon-News
ROTFLMAOPMP ~ no doubt!
VOUCHERS
Null and void,
Tax credits would be better.
That should be enough for a "medical marijuana" recommendation.
In my opinion vouchers are nothing more than another way to latch onto the government tit.
Look up the stats on charter schools in DC. They are scary. More than 1/2 of all charter schools in DC perform below DC public schools. After 5 years, the charters of low performing schools are revoked, but the charters reform under new names and new management and oh my the money comes rolling in.
Here's my favorite scenario. Let's give vouchers to parents to use for supplies for home-schooling. There have been enough stories of welfare mothers having extra kids for the extra cash. How long would the lines of welfare mothers be holding out their hands for $$ claiming that they are homeschooling? It would probably outnumber the crack addicts, but not by much.
Yes, I am cynical. Been around too damn long to not be. Not everyone is like "us" normal people. Some parents are evil and looking for mo' money, mo' money, mo' money at every corner.
But your kids were not required to attend government schools. Therefore, attendance at government schools was not compulsory.
*sigh* Yeah.
OTOH, I've searched the Constitution in vain for any reference to education being a Federal responsibility.
Maybe I missed it?
In my county, the penalty for look-alike drugs is identical to having the real thing. So, whatever the penalty is for cocaine would probably be appropriate.
Now that's the kinda lunatic rhetoric I'm talking about.
Mojave,
The biggest political bully get to control the political, cultural, and the moral, ethical, and values ( that means religious belief) agenda.
What is a simple word for the above: INDOCTRINATION!
It is impossible for education of the young to be moral, ethics neutral or politically, and culturally values free. That is why government should get out of this business immediately! We have a human right to freedom of conscience and government schools violate freedom of conscience every minute of every day!
I know drivers who like to have fake cardboard "radar detectors" clipped prominently to their sun visors while driving through states where radar detectors are illegal...
I had better call a tip in on Kroger. Those jerks are pushing fake cocaine nationwide in broad daylight. I saw this woman buying a kilo of it yesterday.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Do they advertise it as cocaine?
Shot and KILLED? Isn't that taking this a bit far?
Well, pin a rose on you.
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