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[quote=Anonymous]I know a teen who had an OTC pain med in her locker and was reported by someone as having "pills" there. It turned into a mess of meetings and she narrowly escaped being suspended. A few years back, a student with prescription acne meds at one FCPS school did end up suspended for many weeks and forced to transfer to another school (a typical FCPS policy for any kid disciplined for "drugs" was forced transfer). You can Google that latter story--the Post covered it.

You'll get lots of "just tell DD to take her Midol with her, all the girls do it" replies here but I wouldn't risk it. Advil is a six-hour dose; if my DD needs it or is likely to because she's having her period, she takes it before school. If she felt bad during the day she'd call me. If she had bad cramps as a regular thing I would send a letter to the school nurse and office staff and leave her meds in the nurse's office.

All it takes for a problem to start is for one other student to mention (maybe with good intentions) in a teacher's hearing that someone had pills. I know it defies simple common sense which says this shouldn't be an issue but if you followed the coverage of draconian FCPS disciplinary policies--well, it's not worth the risk.[/quote]

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