ACPS Kids Smoking Actual Joints in the Cafeteria

[Anonymous]

My DC says other kids are smoking actual joints - not just vaping THC - in the cafeteria during lunch. There are others vaping in the cafeteria as well. Kids are always vaping in the bathrooms. No one does anything to address this or discipline the kids. Is open drug use at school just the norm now?

[Anonymous]

No it’s not the norm. I’d be in that office tomorrow morning discussing it with the principal.

[Anonymous]

Which elementary school is this?

[Anonymous]

It is at the HS. ACHS mistyped the subject.

[Anonymous]

It's not great for sure - but that being said, I went to Stuyvesant (a super nerd high school in NYC), and people would smoke pot in the stairwells and on the wall right outside of the school.

[Anonymous]

This is common knowledge among many. That's why people move.

[Anonymous]

Ha ha good for them. When we were in Catholic school we smoked weed in school whenever and wherever we could get away with it. We even smoked in the faculty bathroom. It’s called “fun.” Anybody on DCUM ever heard of it?

[Anonymous]

Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

No, it’s perfectly legal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

No, it’s perfectly legal.

Assuming the cafeteria is inside the building, how can smoking whatever the substance be legal (and I am sure it is against school rules). Again, with all the safety/security, there needs to be scrutiny of the ACPS administration and security in particular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

No, it’s perfectly legal.

Minors in a school building?

Don't make me laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

No, it’s perfectly legal.

Smoking anything inside a public school is legal?? You’re clearly high as a kite. 😂

[Anonymous]

Are the ACHS lunch periods as segregated as the classes? So many parents like to cite the classroom segregation as a reason not to be concerned with the violence ("my kid is in honors and AP and never sees the violence"), is it the same for lunch periods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this illegal? Parents should make a stink and tell the school to call the cops every time.

No, it’s perfectly legal.

Despite the fact that they are likely minors, smoking weed in public is NOT legal in Virginia. So for many reasons, it is not legal.

[Anonymous]

Contact the school administration AND the school board. Perhaps ACPS follows the laxer city soft-on-crime policies. If they don't respond, contact the VA governor's office (whistleblower hotline, I think).