Weed smoking in BASIS bathrooms

[Anonymous]

I heard from my child that 2 students were smoking weed in the boys bathroom yesterday.
Someone told administration and the police came.
And since it's not illegal to smoke in DC anymore, the boys were suspended for the rest of Friday and Monday.

How come there was nothing mentioned about this to parents?

[Anonymous]

Why don't you ask the school.

[Anonymous]

"Smokin' In The Boys Room"

Sittin' in the classroom thinkin' it's a drag
Listening to the teacher rap-just ain't my bag
When two bells ring you know it's my cue
Gonna meet the boys on floor number 2

Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

Checkin' out the halls makin sure the coast is clear
Lookin' in the stalls-nah, there ain't nobody here
My buddies Sixx, Mick & Tom
To get caught would surely be the death of us all

Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school Put me to work the school
book store
Check-out counter and I got bored
Teacher was lookin' for me all around
Two hours later you know where I was found

Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

One more time

Smokin' in the boys room
Smokin' in the boys room
Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

[jsteele]

While the Council has passed a bill decriminalizing marijuana and the Mayor has signed the bill, the law is pending Congressional review and not yet in effect. Even then, marijuana use will be illegal and punishable by a $25 fine. So, at least half of your post is wrong. I have doubts about the other half.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my child that 2 students were smoking weed in the boys bathroom yesterday.
Someone told administration and the police came.
And since it's not illegal to smoke in DC anymore, the boys were suspended for the rest of Friday and Monday.

How come there was nothing mentioned about this to parents?

Your child was suspended for drug use on campus and you learned about it from the child themselves? That's very wrong and you should bring it to the head of school right away.

Or are you arguing that you should have been notified about the confidential disciplinary action taken against somebody else's child?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:While the Council has passed a bill decriminalizing marijuana and the Mayor has signed the bill, the law is pending Congressional review and not yet in effect. Even then, marijuana use will be illegal and punishable by a $25 fine. So, at least half of your post is wrong. I have doubts about the other half.

How is it half wrong? You want proof? Ask any 8th or 9th grader who goes to Basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:While the Council has passed a bill decriminalizing marijuana and the Mayor has signed the bill, the law is pending Congressional review and not yet in effect. Even then, marijuana use will be illegal and punishable by a $25 fine. So, at least half of your post is wrong. I have doubts about the other half.

How is it half wrong? You want proof? Ask any 8th or 9th grader who goes to Basis.

I'm pretty sure he was talking about the 1/2 of your statement that says:

And since it's not illegal to smoke in DC anymore, the boys were suspended for the rest of Friday and Monday

I'm not sure that the fact that an 8th or 9th grader believes something about the law means that it's legally true.

[Anonymous]

no smoke detectors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no smoke detectors?

Maybe that's how they go caught.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't the law apply only to ADULTS?
Or is it true that now any middle schooler can light up freely without worrying about being caught by annoying parents, teachers or even police officers?
Just blow smoke in their faces, kids, it'll help all those uptight grown ups calm the fuck down.

Anyway, pot is everywhere. Don't think that your little math homework loving, robotics geniuses at Basis are immune. They are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my child that 2 students were smoking weed in the boys bathroom yesterday.
Someone told administration and the police came.
And since it's not illegal to smoke in DC anymore, the boys were suspended for the rest of Friday and Monday.

How come there was nothing mentioned about this to parents?

Your child was suspended for drug use on campus and you learned about it from the child themselves? That's very wrong and you should bring it to the head of school right away.

Or are you arguing that you should have been notified about the confidential disciplinary action taken against somebody else's child?

I don't think the OP was talking about their own child. OP was talking about what was relayed by her child about two OTHER students. I don't think any of us here have insight into what if anything was done on the criminal side, I don't think the school would be talking to anyone other than the families directly involved given confidentiality laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't the law apply only to ADULTS?
Or is it true that now any middle schooler can light up freely without worrying about being caught by annoying parents, teachers or even police officers?
Just blow smoke in their faces, kids, it'll help all those uptight grown ups calm the fuck down.

Anyway, pot is everywhere. Don't think that your little math homework loving, robotics geniuses at Basis are immune. They are not.

I don't know where you get this "robotic" crap from... clearly you don't know the first thing about Basis students.

But that aside, some of the most brilliant minds of the last 50 years smoked pot.

[Anonymous]

Yes, and they will tell you that, and then they forgot what they were going to say and then got hungry. What were you saying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't the law apply only to ADULTS?
Or is it true that now any middle schooler can light up freely without worrying about being caught by annoying parents, teachers or even police officers?
Just blow smoke in their faces, kids, it'll help all those uptight grown ups calm the fuck down.

Anyway, pot is everywhere. Don't think that your little math homework loving, robotics geniuses at Basis are immune. They are not.

I don't know where you get this "robotic" crap from... clearly you don't know the first thing about Basis students.

But that aside, some of the most brilliant minds of the last 50 years smoked pot.

Oh, OK, so now that the brilliant minds at Basis are smoking pot, it's fine, just part of their education? They are just being brilliant kids?

Wow, parents can justify anything if they really want to.

[Anonymous]

The 4th floor bathroom was closed because of graffiti-is that the one where the drug use allegedly happened?