Drugs in High School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a "vaping shed" in the shed by the soccer field. All the kids know about it, school does nothing as far as we can tell

Is this the school that had an overdose /death last year? So sad. And they do do something- they charge a lot of money for the shed.

[Anonymous]

Private school students have more money so there are usually a lot of drugs.

As a former private school lifer OP, this is not surprising to me. I was a poor scholarship nerd, so wasn't offered free drugs. I would not send my kids to most private high schools for this reason alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Naive mom here? So DC witnessed kids snorting cocaine in the school’s bathroom and they were also passing around weed inside the school. Of course I’ve heard about drugs in high school. In fact a friend told me her daughter has routinely smelled weed in the bathrooms at AHC, but I guess I’m still stunned. Id never expect this sort of activity INSIDE THE SCHOOL. I’m thinking why am I paying private school tuition for this? (Please save the comments about the value of private school). DC told me the admin isn’t allowed into student bathrooms so no way the kids can get caught. And they go to class high but use colored contacts to disguise their eyes. Of course this is a specific group. Is this common in small area privates? DC went to a private middle school and there weren’t any drugs or smoking or vaping—nothing. Wondering what to do (of course DC swore me to secrecy).

Lol are you an adult or your kids best friend? Go complain to the school and demand action!

No so it anonymously if you must. The consequences for your kid will be terrible.

Respectfully, I think that’s paranoia. If you go to speak with the head or dean or whomever in administration, they’re not going to divulge sources. In fact, it’s unlikely there’s anything they can do regarding the incident that occurred. But it’s useful information so they understand the community, keep an eye on the offenders, and address the issue of keeping the drugs off campus and out of bathrooms. I simply refuse to believe that the bathrooms are owned by the students and that administration has no jurisdiction in them. That’s absurd.

[Anonymous]

I'd report it anonymously, from a public computer and junk email address, and tell them if they don't do something like quietly take the door off the bathrooms and let students know teachers may enter at any time, there might be a leak of whats going on and that's bad PR. Something should be done. You don't pay $$ to send your kid to a coke party for school. They can do that at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd report it anonymously, from a public computer and junk email address, and tell them if they don't do something like quietly take the door off the bathrooms and let students know teachers may enter at any time, there might be a leak of whats going on and that's bad PR. Something should be done. You don't pay $$ to send your kid to a coke party for school. They can do that at home.

I don’t advocate for the passive aggressive route. Meet the issue head on, like a mature adult.
But yeah, find out what’s up with the “no admin in the bathrooms” nonsense.

[Anonymous]

OP here, the school is small enough that I’m worried that my kid will be discovered as the tattler, which is why DC swore me to secrecy. At any rate I appreciate people weighing in. I will speak with the school therapist in person. The fact is that I wouldn’t want there to be an OD on campus. My kid gets the fentanyl issue but clearly these other kids don’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you reported this to the school? I’m sure there’s a way to keep your kid’s name out of it.

Fwiw, I did coke when at private school in the late 80s. No one reported it, but I wish they would have; I was a stupid, stupid kid who thought they could get away with anything. Wasted a good many years being an idiot.

Same here. At a “so-called elite” boarding school. These kids likely aren’t doing coke because they are happy (I sure wasn’t). Try to bring it to the attention of school leaders.

OP here, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Most schools, public and private, have the rule that a staff member cannot be alone in a bathroom with a student (even outside the stall). What we do at my school is if there is a need for a staff member to enter a student bathroom, another staff member must be present as a witness. This policy is there to prevent sexual abuse on the part of staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do nothing with the school

You decide whether you think the school is safe for your child.

All schools have drugs. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

If your kid can not go in a bathroom safely I'd rethink that school.

I agree with this. The fact that they have purchased contacts and bring them ahead of time is so disturbing to me. How do the parents not know that their kids have contacts to hide their drug use. It speaks of many parents being so out of touch that they have no idea what their kids are buying with money. I know drugs happen at all schools, but at some schools there are enough kids to avoid those doing them. Also, that is an insane policy that no adult is allowed to monitor the bathrooms. Seems like they are asking for issues in the bathrooms that way. At the very least the security team should poke their heads in now and then at random times when walking around the school, to make sure the kids are safe.
It this school is very small and your child feels like a large percentage of students use then I would change schools. I know someone who left a private for this reason. Cocaine is very addictive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a "vaping shed" in the shed by the soccer field. All the kids know about it, school does nothing as far as we can tell

Is this the school that had an overdose /death last year? So sad. And they do do something- they charge a lot of money for the shed.

Why don't they just take the shed down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a "vaping shed" in the shed by the soccer field. All the kids know about it, school does nothing as far as we can tell

St Andrew's has parents that allow their kids and their friends to drinks at their house, but they pretend it doesn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school students have more money so there are usually a lot of drugs.

As a former private school lifer OP, this is not surprising to me. I was a poor scholarship nerd, so wasn't offered free drugs. I would not send my kids to most private high schools for this reason alone.

You obviously have not spent time at our public high school.

[Anonymous]

All high schools have that. Wise up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a "vaping shed" in the shed by the soccer field. All the kids know about it, school does nothing as far as we can tell

St Andrew's has parents that allow their kids and their friends to drinks at their house, but they pretend it doesn't happen.

So does every HS in America public or private.

[Anonymous]

Why, when it comes to bullying and mean girls and drugs, all HS students are the same but when it comes to being super bright, personable, refined, polished, sophisticated and so super special, private students are so much better?