Amarillo parent speaking out after daughter suspended from Austin Middle School

A recent social media post regarding a local middle school and a student being suspended has caught the attention of parents around Amarillo.

[@TerryRhodes-o2r]

Sounds like Defamation to me!

[@traceywashere]

it's ridiculous that schools think they are above the law.

[@CryMeARiver63]

They suspended her over assumptions but do nothing when a child is being bullied .

[@gloribyrd9259]

...they think, therefore, they are.

[@garyrandalls853]

Or rather, even above their own rules!

[@WlmaAlexender-zl6nx]

They think that because they frequently are. They've gotten away with so much already.

[@Fan-lq6uv]

Unlike police, the school can be sued directly and they can lose a lot. Can you imagine the school explaining to hundred parents that they can to cancel music, art, auto shop, and free lunch program because one idiot on the staff didn't know the difference between allergies and drug abuses?

[@yourhuckleberry3733]

Don't file a grievance, file a lawsuit against the School District! Put them in their place! This is why so many parents are starting to homeschool their children!

[@willymaykit1482]

Lmao. Sue for what ? Money ?

[@TerenceGilman-v8v]

@@willymaykit1482 yes, suspensions effect college picks. He should sue them.

[@willymaykit1482]

@@TerenceGilman-v8v whatever it takes to ruin someones entire life huh ? Makes you feel powerful ?

[@mattschehr163]

@@willymaykit1482 yeah because they dont know the difference between being high and having alleriges

[@willymaykit1482]

@@mattschehr163 That's a great reason to sue ! Any lawyer would kick you out of his office with a ridiculous claim like that. You win the Internet award today. Congratulations 👏

[@rez3501]

So...they will severely punish a child because they suspect substance abuse yet allow kids to be bullied? Sometimes to death?? 🤨

[@Rebecca-n7n]

Bullied by teachers.

[@carollewis3912]

Nothing was ever done by school staff to help me when I was being bullied many moons ago. I guess nothing has changed.

[@carollewis3912]

​@@Rebecca-n7nI was bullied by a math teacher. I was accused of cheating. This was false.

[@carollewis3912]

Nothing was done to help me when I was bullied.

[@teamsteed1]

​@@carollewis3912I didn't say anything to my parents about me getting picked on by a bully, because I didn't want to change JR. High.

[@weeziepuff13]

I had a real A**H0LE of a math teacher in high school who kept accusing me of being high in class. The reality was A) I was wearing contacts that irritated my eyes and B) his teaching style was incredibly uninspiring and he treated people like dummies if they didn't understand his lessons right away. I didn't touch any drugs until after I graduated high school, but he just continued to get more and more vindictive. On a positive note, I'm a teacher now and I use this guy as an example of how not to treat my students.

[@davidb4090]

Man that’s a total 180 from a few of the teachers I had in high school. I still remember my chemistry teacher had a few plants growing in the closet of the classroom. It was hilarious because me and my best friend had to sneak them out and into the woods behind the school when the county police came to do a drug sweep/lockdown. Similar stuff happened around there a lot, it was out in the countryside and a lot of that stuff was being grown everywhere at the time. Before meth and meth labs started ravaging the rural areas.

[@joselcruz2700]

Thanks

[@davidb4090]

👍🗿

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

👍⭐️

[@toulousegoose1150]

Same. My grandma smoked like a chimney and refused to roll down the windows in the car. The same teacher gave me detention for "smoking" every day, which snowballed into Saturday school and suspension. I didn't have a parent like this dad to advocate for me. She's my example of what not to do, too. Edited for typo.

[@vicpetrishak7705]

File a Grievance ? File a Lawsuit !

[@debbiejournigan270]

The adults that control the school , instead of serving are the bullies.......

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

Exactly

[@paulready8897]

The father should sue the administrators personally for defamation of character. They need to be fired.

[@PsychoThirteen]

Guilty until proven innocent - just like the system is supposed to work, right?

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

That's exactly how schools work. It applies to teachers too, unless they're "IN" with the union. Substitute teachers are fired on a whim with no recourse, no due-process, nothing.

[@PsychoThirteen]

@@toomanyhobbies2011 almost sounds un-American...

[@kcufelgoog3225]

& still guilty after proven innocent

[@Timbrock1000]

Guilty even after being proven innocent. The school administrators will NEVER admit to making a mistake!

[@jr-xs9tf]

Taking their cues from the IRS.

[@JD-vh1qd]

I had horrible allergies growing up. The chlorine from our pool made my eyes extremely red.I was never accused of getting high. This was in the 80s. I think our society has lost their minds these days. The teachers at that school sound extremely ignorant. I hope that girls parents teach that school a lesson.

[@tech-bore8839]

More like they've lost decentcy and discretion. Administrators are so quick to jump to conclusions that they make mountains out of molehills. Surprised they didn't try to link her red eyes to parental abuse.

Years ago my son was standing in line at middle school waiting to get lunch. Another child with mental disability came up behind my son and started punching my so in the back. My son grabbed and held the kid until a teacher came. My son was suspended for fighting. Dozens of kids told the teachers all my son did was get him in a bear hug and held him. 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻

[@juliaweber212]

So horrible the boy clearly was defending himself WOW

[@allemander]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[@666toysoldier]

@@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 Walk away, and continue to get beaten? IMHO, he would have been justified in laying the kid out.. clear self-defense.

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

@@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 What right? SELF DEFENSE That's what right. Stand your ground, THAT'S what right! ANTI BULLYING LAWS THAT'S WHAT RIGHT! People who think walking away ends the confrontation have never been on the bad side of being bullied. STFU

[@sweetcherry7759]

You should of sued the school or had a lawyer send them an email or letter

[@bitcoinconstitutionalist9252]

The dad called the school bullies, I mean "staff", on their game by bringing a drug test kit that she then passed. They panicked like all bullies called out as is evidenced by the fact that they had to call him back multiple times to keep themselves from digging even deeper holes until she finally got to test. Many school bullies never leave, they just get jobs there and continue.

[@maryswanson9982]

The school can buy its own drug tests.

[@JamesDuffey-f7u]

Had severe allergies in school and was accused of the same thing by principal, was under Dr prescribed antihistamine . Fast forward 25 years later went through 4 years of allergies injections, now I m 67

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

Same, they thought I smoked in middle school and used steroids in high school. All lies and they reluctantly apologized🤨

[@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole]

Those allergy shots are pretty amazing. I also had them for years. Before that it was non stop hayfever as soon as the seasons arrived

[@JustinSternhagen-sm8jq]

All facility needs to take drug tests. Defamation.

[@Esther-lm6pm]

I know/seen SO many teachers use drugs people would be surprised.

[@cantthinkofanythingthing7897]

lol didn’t even think about that imagine how many teachers on shi

[@bkitteh6295]

Another of teachers need prescription drugs to do their jobs. What I don't understand is why NO ONE suggests that the SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, who created this nightmare, don't undergo nandatory 1) drug testing and 2) drug use education.

[@bkitteh6295]

​@@Esther-lm6pmEsther, did you ever have an English teacher?? 👩🏽‍🏫

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

@@bkitteh6295 Absent probable cause, mandatory drug testing is a constitutional violation. Illegal search.

[@Retroopers]

Recently in Dec 2023 a girl named Maya Kawolski was awarded $237 million because both the ER doctor and the child services agent made immediate assumptions that the mother was abusing her. The girl had an ongoing medical issue that they ER doctor didn't believe she had it. Well, they later found the smoking gun. It wasn't just one case, it was a full on class action lawsuit against this doctor. This whole ordeal led to her mother taking her own life. Sometimes professionals with children are so arrogant, they don't stop think they could be wrong on occasion.

[@rncine]

OMG, get an attorney. No school should be testing a minor for drugs!

[@edcapp7654]

They do all the time in many school systems

[@mktay2067]

The problem is she is still suspended not if they are tested

[@KatieBellino]

Unreal, seems like unless you can prove a student is high, you don't send them home. Certainly, not just for puffy eyes and certainly not after showing a clean over-the-counter drug test with a student behaving normally. We don't send students home simply on suspicion in my district.

[@janemiettinen5176]

To me, this already went too far, after her father gave an explanation for her red & puffy eyes. But bullies be bullying, it’s just extra when adults attack kids.

[@davidb4090]

Those tests from the pharmacy may not be 100% but it’s still pretty close. They were being difficult on purpose

[@josepherhardt164]

Exactly. They knew they effed up and doubled down.

[@middleagedcrazy5297]

The problem is the administrators ego wouldn’t allow him or herself to be proven wrong regardless of how many clean tests. Once it was discovered they were wrong they immediately went into ego defending mode and tried standing on solid ground which didn’t exist. Ultimately what this administrator has clearly shown is that he or she is not capable of doing the job and should be fired, bottom line. I agree with the ones below that say this should result in a lawsuit only settling with the firing of this incompetent individual along with a public apology to the student and her parents. And I guess it should also translate to remedial training for the entire school district staff on how to not let something so stupid happen again in the future. But in the world we live in that probably makes too much sense.

[@JadenYukifan28]

Marijuana does not cause sneezing, that School Administration just wanted to cause trouble

[@thomasperkins1513]

When I was in middle school,I had a migraine when I woke up one morning, I have always had a few per month, I got to school, the gym teacher thought I was stoned because my eyes were puffy and red,I was sent to the nurses office, searched, grilled about what I had taken or smoked, they thought I was on drugs,this went on for about an hour, even though I had explained what was going on,I also asked for them to call my parents, they refused, they suspended me for 2 days with zero proof, my father complained to high heaven, the principal said," take it to the school board ",turns out I was not the only student that was targeted by this teacher and principal,they had preconceived notions about kids due to their last names and siblings that came before, small town and all,,years later they were both reassigned due to their actions towards other students...

[@hermenutic]

It would be nice if this kind of behavior was not allowed anymore.

[@williamstreet4304]

Clearly this district did not want the best outcome for the student. Cleared by a drug test was more than enough to stop action against a student. Also, how can an allergy become a basis for suspension. The district needs to change policies and the school officials involved need to have this violation of rights entered into their records.

[@stewartwells5200]

Sue the school where it hurts the money! These administration will not change unless there is pain

[@KatieBellino]

The money only hurts the students.

[@JustAnotherConspiracyTheorist]

​@@KatieBellinothe students are being hurt now by unqualified teachers. Sue sue sue!!!

[@mattschehr163]

@@KatieBellino that not true it hurts the super intention

[@KatieBellino]

@@mattschehr163 Wrong. Ultimately, the kids' programs get cut and the superintendent will continue to make his paycheck.

[@KenTrosper]

So technically you would just be suing yourself and other taxpayers.

[@Videotime-bu2hu]

Unbelievable! How dare they. A middle school child should never have to deal with something like this. Homeschool and sue!

[@maryharvey6909]

A student does not have to be legally and intoxicated to be deemed under the influence by the teachers or administration? So anyone can say anything at any time? They said they wanted input from the parents and they called him four times. If that’s not input then what is?

[@ravagesoyjoy]

Guilty until proven innocent. Sue for billions...

[@allemander]

lol. A pipe dream.

[@Firefighter1997]

These schools throughout our country need to step up. She took a drug test and passed it. It’s allergy season. This is not the only school that I seen lately in the news. I can’t remember where it was but a 10 year old commits suicide because of the bullying and gets beat up in the bathroom and the school doesn’t do anything about it. Parents say they told the school about it but they deny it.

[@nadinevalent4436]

the folks who are responsible should 1) apologize to her in front of the whole school. 2) wear sandwich boards in front of school, relating the silliness of their uniformed, jump to conclusions, without proof, idiocy one month should do it.

[@alexrodgers9247]

Common sense has been flushed down the ol turlit! (Thanks Archie Bunker). I honestly would think that the school nurse would have allergy meds listed on her records. The ol Guilty before Innocent got lost in the school’s BS. No real care about the child’s health! How dare the jump to conclusions! Sue their pants off!

[@David53D]

It doesn't require financial compensation but seeing the individual responsible for this lack of professional judgement held accountable with their own suspension along with a reprimand forever included in their work history perhaps issued by the school board of their community.

[@MattHudsonAtx]

This happened to me decades ago. It absolutely must be financially compensated.

[@jaycooper2812]

Sue the school for defamation and false accusations. Tell them that everyone involved is to be terminated or you will be demanding $25 million. See how fast they backpedal and apologize then.

[@PhrontDoor]

School practicing medicine without a license, are they... if ONLY there was settled case-law on that topic somewhere... ;)

[@kimt1054]

Show the school as much mercy as they showed his daughter. Sue them!!!

[@AliciaGuitar]

My kid was suspended her senior year for "smelling" like weed. There was nothing on her and she wasnt high. Seemed unfair.

[@Cee64E]

That last statement by the school district is utter bull. That's _clearly_ not what happened. I think a lawyer should be consulted.

[@steveroe6771]

So, the district wants to work with everyone involved, yet choose to ignore any information about a student, especially when it comes from that student's parents. Utter poppycock.

[@brendad940]

If only they paid that much attention to bullying.

[@josepherhardt164]

They do. They punish the victim every time.

[@Roxwins]

This is really BS. At Crockett the student bathrooms are closed because somehow they can’t figure out who is smoking and vaping in the bathrooms, but this girl has red eyes and is suspended?

[@beverlyweber171]

maybe it's the administration that needs to take the drug tests

[@jakckt]

Public school principals are idiots. When I was in high school I would frequently get pulled into the admin office for suspicion of being on drugs simply because I had very large pupils (naturally) when I was 100% not on drugs and not exhibiting any unusual behavior. Although they never actually suspended me or anything, it was definitely harassment.

[@Walkercolt1]

She was PUBLICALLY humiliated and I promise EVERY student thinks they know WHY she was sent home, and NOW the Skrul Bored "can't comment on the grounds of privacy" when it suits THEM! I'd comment in Federal District Court to the bastards...

[@Jannett-ik5lh]

If a school staff can't tell the difference between one being high and allergies cold or something then they don't need to be there. There's a huge difference sue them

[@numberone5680]

Homeschooling is definitely the best education for your child. It is all encompassing.

[@davidkermes376]

get the local media to cover this, papers television and radio. . name names and demand public apologies from all the accusers. .if they won't apologize sue them to their last penny, and publicize it all. .if you can't teach these so-called educators you can warn their replacements.

[@karenwaddell9396]

In my day you filled out a form that has question about any medical items the school should be notified in advance. If her allergies as bad enough to have red eyes, this is not her first attack.

[@josephlink4173]

Sue their asses off.

[@ScottGrammer]

Don't sue the school, sue the individuals who did this, in their individual capacities. This way, the individuals pay for their malfeasance, not the taxpayers or the other kids (who will lose access to programs if the school district has to pay).

[@Esther-lm6pm]

I think they're like cops. Immunity

[@JustAnotherConspiracyTheorist]

The district hired them, they can pay. Maybe if there are enough law suits against the district, they will hire more qualified people.

[@AliciaGuitar]

This is an ADA violation! Sue!

[@terriwaldridge807]

Sue for defamation of character this will do serious harm to her future! There are jobs she will now never have access to, education opportunities are diminished.

[@fredachildress3728]

When my siblings went to school they had corporal punishment, had they didn't tolerate bullies. The schools back then also had school nurses who would call parents if their child got hurt or sick, it is a real shame and a disgrace the way that schools are being run now days.

[@brandogeberbin7563]

the pricipal needs to be taught a lesson! Like losing the job and stripped of ever being one in all 50 states

[@michellejessup6618]

It's a sad in America when school Personnel are more interested in looking into drug potential than educational potential js🤔🙄🙄🤔

[@jonschmidt1545]

Filing a lawsuit wont help! Go after their pocketbook! Corruption at its finest!

[@Yamchasbestfr]

Pocketbook 💀

[@mineralbunny8736]

Same thing happened to me- I was laughing at something then the teacher had me get picked up by security because my eyes were also red. I remember the security guard sympathizing with me saying his son had a similar problem. :/

[@Bakedea87]

Some people just hate being wrong. Also this was probably racism, i remember when I was in high school teachers and school nurses thought i was high because of pink eye once also! This is discrimination!

[@Jo-yp8wy]

That a school has such exact guidelines is depressing. Is this normal in the US???

[@lrmackmcbride7498]

Unfortunately that isn't even the worst.

[@heathencat5236]

Weed is the only reason I even finished high school. It kept me focused and equalized.

[@PineBaskets]

I got sent home for having "candy" in my mouth, i had an abscessed tooth.

[@AliciaGuitar]

Well if you didnt eat so much candy that wouldnt have happened /s

[@iamnotguilty]

Only someone that is familiar with getting high or drunk would be able to recognize it, no? Wonder who made this call, best have them tested.

[@a.life.reimagined]

These adults need to get it together. They act more like teenagers and not like adults.

[@freedom9007]

Agree 💯

[@terra3029]

I went to a high school that accused me of doin drugs. I wuz talkin to some kids and we wuz havin a conversation bout flu shots and the kids in my class said that they hated needles and I said that I wuz used to the shots. Then some fucker told admin that I wuz using drugs. So the nurse called me into the office and checked my arms for drug marks. They found nothin obviously. Schools act so damn entitled treatin kids however they want. Fuckin sick.

[@CuriousMouseExploration]

So basically, if you are non-contagiouly I'll or have allergies, you're not allowed to school? Do they have an at home program for those temporarily and/or permanently disabled? Or are we going back to discrimination against disabled persons?

[@yolyprog2561]

What inept staff! They need to file a lawsuit instead!!

[@Lily-wp8ol]

I had a nun in high school who called me into the office to "question" me about an upper class female who was "missing". She explained "several students saw you driving her in your car, you were seen smoking marijuana with her in your car". I did not know this girl, she had never been in my car, and i did not smoke cigarettes much less marijuana. I told the nun this. When i told my father about this he asked some questions. Found out later he called his attorney who sent a letter to the school. The nun pulled me aside at a basketvall game after school hours to tell me to tell my dad she was "sorry". I have hated the Catholic Church ever since. That woman never apologized to me! 6 years later when my only sister did not get into NHS she blamed ME, because the nun used to call her by my name, not hers.

[@lindabrown6110]

Get a an attorney. Sue the School District and get her college education paid.

[@kellyford5903]

Excellent example of incompetent people being “in charge” of our kids!

[@carlwear1249]

WTH. Is this the first time they have encountered anyone with allergies? Somehow I find that hard to believe.

[@lindapindabelinda3570]

Along with the stress of a public false accusation, her STAR test was sabotaged. No idea how the inept school can make this right, but at the very least they need school-wide retraining, a public admission that they were wrong, and an apology.

[@zekeaderenzo2966]

I just saw the story in TikTok and I came here, the fact that they dismissed the first drug test kind of comes off like they were looking for a reason to suspend her, and then, as you watch the original video of the meeting with the principal, they’re trying so hard to cover their own asses, it astounds me that when it comes down to it people just can’t admit that they’re wrong, and their system is flawed

[@MrsIda]

Accountability. Hold the district accountable.

[@michaeljones1802]

Administrators who's first instinct is to accuse without facts are there to harm children.

[@davemathews7890]

Fun fact: I was high nearly every day during both my junior and senior years, but my high school never suspended me.

[@beesinthetrees]

This country is really poorly educated on drugs. Even if she was high, really, throwing her into an alt school? Its not like she was suspected of using meth. I had classmates who smoked pot off campus, and they still finished high school without issue. Its just insane that not only do they not know what being high actually looks like, but that they were gonna throw her out for good over it.

[@Timbrock1000]

Hire a lawyer and sue them!

[@kaind.badguy]

Why do they care if she’s high as long as she’s following directions in school?

[@davidszmagalski4233]

Public School Administrators can be vindictive, and from my experience they can and do hold a grudge. They will ruin your child’s academic career capriciously. School Resource Officers might even assist them. Tread lightly. But if you decide to pursue legal action, put your child in a private school first, or home school.

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

Whatever administrators ordered that girl to take a drug test for red eyes and allergies for mistaking marijuana should be arrested and made to lose their educators license

[@sememmer1]

Former teacher here. If my school suspected a student was high, they called the parents and then took the student to the er to get a test. All done that day. Problem averted. Also, the number of students who come to school high is staggering. The first thing a parent does if we miss something like that and something happens to their child is blame the school. Parents always blame the school. In this case, though, they should have a better protocol in place for doing an immediate drug test so innocent students are not punished, and students who are high are given immediate medical attention for their safety.

[@shannon3n8]

@sememmer1 But to immediately pull a child student out of the class because a teacher thinks/feels the child student may possibly be high, drunk, intoxicated or impaired and made to take a drug test to prove their innocence? You can see how that is wrong on so many levels, right? What if you have a vindictive teacher with an axe to grind on a student whose parent/guardian ripped them in a P/T meeting or reported what was said off-color in class to the principal - so the teacher waits to get even? What if the student's sibling(s) had trouble with the teacher in years past and the teacher doesn't want the hassle they preconcieve this studeht will present? It would be a lesson in humility, apology, and US Civics all rolled into one. An excellent chance to show how actions have consequences from both sides of the situation, what the Bill of Rights in our US Constitution guarantee us, and on and on.

[@sememmer1]

@shannon3n8 Good teachers would never do that. Most teachers are good and want what's best for their students. Also, drug tests aren't just immediately given for someone to "prove their innocence." There is an entire protocol that is followed first. I think you missed what I was saying.

[@edwardabrams4972]

So sad this is what happens when we are to slow to listen but to quick to act😢 how sad

[@robynwolph3836]

Sue the school.

[@tudorjason]

Apologized? Filed a grievance? Public servants in Texas, from cops to teachers, are so dumb!

[@marthascheff1308]

Seriously? They couldn’t tell that she WASN’T high? What the heck?

[@michaelmayden2492]

Sue (so) the school, practicing medicine without a licence!

[@susanrand512]

Time to file a lawsuit, time to get rid of the administration. These school administrators or crazy. I wouldnt send my child back

[@ritaadams8190]

I hope they sue the school. That was totally ridiculous.

[@dixietenbroeck8717]

*The **_ONLY_** way I made it through High School **_WAS_** ANTIHISTAMINES! Allergic responses are NO FUN, and the usual treatments, i.e. "antihistamines," can sometimes be worse than the allergic responses.* In College I drug myself through nearly the 2nd semester of Chemistry (my 2nd try at it before realizing that the antihistamine I was taking was what was TOTALLY MESSING UP MY BRAIN! After waiting a FULL YEAR to repeat that class, I came back to the same College, same class, AND THE SAME INSTRUCTOR, _BUT_ NO ANTIHISTAMINES that time. When I got to the Final Exam, I not only received 100% on the entire Exam, but on the _FINAL QUESTION_ --- I CORRECTED THE TEACHER'S METHOD OF CALCULATING THE ANSWER. *THUS, I WAS RIGHT, & **_HE WAS_** WRONG!*

[@norm2096]

Ridiculous. I suffered from seasonal allergies starting in Grade 1 and would always have hayfever and swollen, red, itchy eyes from spring through fall. Nobody ever accused me of drinking or using drugs, though a few students did, especially in high school.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

So, without proof to prove otherwise, they chose to basically call the parent and child liars and suspended the child anyway. At the very least, the people involved in defaming and wrongly punishing this child should be suspended and give up a minimum of a months salary. They are adults and that is the only way they will be able to get past their egos and learn common sense.

[@sweetcherry7759]

He should 100% sue the school-

[@lindahitchcock7112]

IMO this sounds like harassment and violation of this family's rights. What's wrong with Texas schools? Your governor needs to make funds available for school choice.

[@518adventures4u]

file a complaint with US DOJ ADA! violating the American with disabilities act, IDEA, FAPE, section 504 etc. im not an attorney but consider these options

[@nancismith7705]

That School needs to be shut down if the Adults running the school cannot understand that this is the allergy season! That could have ruined that child’s life!

[@janh5199]

Grievance? He needs to sue. They are assuming guilt even after she was proven innocent.

[@thecopycat7153]

If other parents are coming forward with similar situations with their kids that school is just opening its self to major lawsuits.

[@vividdawn913]

When I was in high school, I was under weight (85 lbs) with low blood pressure from heart defects from birth. Because of this, I was often woozy and foggy brained. I could've totally been labeled as drunk. It's weird how often schools are trying to pin medical issues as reason for kicking out kids, rather than trying to work with them to help the situation.

[@charlayned]

This is what comes of "zero tolerance" policies. They do not take into consideration ANY circumstance where something might be happening. The line "Student *under the influence* need not be legally intoxicated to trigger disciplinary action" means "If we think you might be, you will be judged as being "under the influence" and that's all that we need to take into consideration. We're professionals at telling what's intoxicated and the doctors and drug tests don't. So just bow down to our superiority and forget any kind of justice on this one. You lose, we win." I grew up in the Amarillo Schools. It didn't used to be this way. And I think now, if I had kids of school age (all mine, including a lot of the grandkids are in high school or out of school now) I would be homeschooling them. Putting up with the schools like that is really ridiculous now days.

[@pjaypender1009]

So...having a disability means you need to go to an alternative school. That's an ADA violation.

[@Honeybee1975..]

But they allow bullying to go on!

[@Insomniacurse]

If red eyes are the only indication that you are high from marijuana, I've apparently been smoking it for 24 years without knowing it. Very ridiculous!