Are teachers allowed to accept alcohol at school as a gift ?

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I applaud OP for some fine and humorous trolling.

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Anonymous wrote:Who needs to know what's wrapped up and in a bag? Only the recipient, that's who. When we give alcohol, I carry it into the school and my kids come meet me in the lobby and go distribute with "My mom says to definitely open this once you're at home and not at school" - it was cute when my daughter asked if she could wink when she said it.

If you jeopardized my job and my ability to feed my family because you think something is cute you are a terrible person.

I have gotten alcohol as a gift. Any respect I had for that family was gone in that moment.

Why are you so uptight? We give it at the very end of the day, wrapped in a bag with the teacher's name clearly labeled. THey take it home and have a nice bottle of wine. What kind of crap school are you working at that people are going through your things? Maybe you should be upset at THOSE terrible people.

I thought every school had a no alcohol, no smoking policy anywhere on campus.

Sure, that's probably a formal policy. But who'd want to work at such an uptight school where the principal or someone goes through your bags as you leave for the day unwrapping gifts you were given to make sure none have alcohol, or are Cuban cigars or whatever.

YOU are clearly comfortable with breaking rules and the law. Thankfully, most of us who work in school systems are not.

Guess you'd freak out to know I work in a school system. I won't tell you.

I don't care if you shared or not. Breaking rules because they don't matter to you because you're protected by a union says all I need to know.

You are talking to at least two different people. I don't think accepting an unopened gift is breaking any rules.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs on Montgomery County Public Schools Property
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/cofra.pdf

"No person may possess, use, or sell alcohol on MCPS property, except for very limited circumstances when it may be approved by the Board."

"Any MCPS employee who violates the law or Board policy regarding possession and/or use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is subject to disciplinary proceedings of suspension or dismissal."

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Anonymous wrote:Are you stupid?

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Who needs to know what's wrapped up and in a bag? Only the recipient, that's who. When we give alcohol, I carry it into the school and my kids come meet me in the lobby and go distribute with "My mom says to definitely open this once you're at home and not at school" - it was cute when my daughter asked if she could wink when she said it.

If you jeopardized my job and my ability to feed my family because you think something is cute you are a terrible person.

I have gotten alcohol as a gift. Any respect I had for that family was gone in that moment.

Why are you so uptight? We give it at the very end of the day, wrapped in a bag with the teacher's name clearly labeled. THey take it home and have a nice bottle of wine. What kind of crap school are you working at that people are going through your things? Maybe you should be upset at THOSE terrible people.

Trashy.

[Anonymous]

County employees can and have been fired just for having alcohol on the premises. Sounds like the same rule applies to MCPS.

Sorry, no alcohol gifts.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh, more “wine mom” nonsense.

This. And the significant overlap with #boymom.

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Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. It was suggested as a gift idea for a specific teacher. This is for Elem.

If you deliver it off school grounds and it is $20 or under, yes.

Otherwise, no. I’m still sad about the time our principal sent a frantic email that we had to return the chocolates that a family gave. Turns out they were liqueur filled.

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Anonymous wrote:Who needs to know what's wrapped up and in a bag? Only the recipient, that's who. When we give alcohol, I carry it into the school and my kids come meet me in the lobby and go distribute with "My mom says to definitely open this once you're at home and not at school" - it was cute when my daughter asked if she could wink when she said it.

If you jeopardized my job and my ability to feed my family because you think something is cute you are a terrible person.

I have gotten alcohol as a gift. Any respect I had for that family was gone in that moment.

You lost respect for a family that gave you an item frequently (and with Emily Post's approval) given as a holiday or hostess gift? That's messed up.

I am a teacher. A gift of wine, discreetly given, would never jeopardize my job.

You must be protected by a union.

It must be a union other than MCEA.

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Anonymous wrote:Who needs to know what's wrapped up and in a bag? Only the recipient, that's who. When we give alcohol, I carry it into the school and my kids come meet me in the lobby and go distribute with "My mom says to definitely open this once you're at home and not at school" - it was cute when my daughter asked if she could wink when she said it.

If you jeopardized my job and my ability to feed my family because you think something is cute you are a terrible person.

I have gotten alcohol as a gift. Any respect I had for that family was gone in that moment.

Why are you so uptight? We give it at the very end of the day, wrapped in a bag with the teacher's name clearly labeled. THey take it home and have a nice bottle of wine. What kind of crap school are you working at that people are going through your things? Maybe you should be upset at THOSE terrible people.

The people who have poor boundaries and sometimes get into my things are called children. They are often found in schools. Their behavior is forgiveable.

It’s not uptight for me to want to keep my job. It’s bizarre for you to be so nonchalant about it.

DP. Is that really a possibility? How do you keep your purse and phone secure? Or medication you must take during the school day? Our union contract says we must be provided a place in our classroom to lock up our personal things-- a closet, a desk, a cabinet, etc.

I keep my purse and phone and some other things I need to secure securely in a locked drawer that's not big enough to hold a bunch of Christmas gifts.

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I never understand alcohol as a gift (absent a more personal relationship). So many people choose not to drink and many people make that choice because they have a history if alcohol abuse. It seems like such a risk. Then, throw in the school part…. Definitely not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope.

Not even the chocolate filled with liquor from Costco.

Not even a rum cake.

Or a weed anything. Not even a weed smelling candle.

LOL and the head of the Planning Board had an entire open bar in his office.
Alcohol is fine in Montgomery County. Anywhere. Anytime.

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Anonymous wrote:County employees can and have been fired just for having alcohol on the premises. Sounds like the same rule applies to MCPS.

Sorry, no alcohol gifts.

No, not fired. Retire with full benefits.

[Anonymous]

A few years ago I gave each of my sped colleagues a bottle of wine. At school.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope.

Not even the chocolate filled with liquor from Costco.

Not even a rum cake.

Or a weed anything. Not even a weed smelling candle.

LOL and the head of the Planning Board had an entire open bar in his office.
Alcohol is fine in Montgomery County. Anywhere. Anytime.

And what happened to him, and all his colleagues? Gone.

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Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. It was suggested as a gift idea for a specific teacher. This is for Elem.

If you deliver it off school grounds and it is $20 or under, yes.

Otherwise, no. I’m still sad about the time our principal sent a frantic email that we had to return the chocolates that a family gave. Turns out they were liqueur filled.

He took chocolates given to a teacher for the teacher's own consumption? OMG, that is ridiculous. Totally different than if they were given to students.