Expulsion is such a headache
‘Zero Tolerance’ School Suspends Headache Pills Pupil
Amanda Stiles, a sophomore from Parkway High School, has been expelled for a year for possessing over the counter headache medicine.
Head teacher Ken Kruithof said the decision was in line with Parkway High School�s tough anti-drugs rules, even though the tablets are legal.
Amanda and her mother Kelly Herpin appealed to a school board committee but failed.
Ken is totally and completely clueless if he can’t see how ridiculous and counterproductive it is to expel a student for a year because she had aspirin in her purse.
When anti-drug rules give you a headache
ZeroIntelligence.net (love the new design, btw) reports that a Louisiana 10th-grader has been expelled for a year from Parkway High School for having OTC ibuprofen in her purse. This apparently violated the school’s “tough-antidrug rules.” What I parti…
This story is 4 months old. Why now?
Better late than never, I guess.
I am new here so I appreciate whatever I can read on how stupid some folks can be.
Keep up the good work. We need some intelligent people out there letting us know how dumb we have become, no?
Daryl - It just came to my attention. Note that this source is from a Scottish newspaper, not an American one.