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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One reason we sent our son to an independent school was that we wanted him to be in a more sheltered and controlled environment, [b]hoping that issues like bullying and drug usage would be nipped in the bud[/b].  But as I've been reading through other threads on the independent school forum, it does appear that smoking pot (and maybe even dealing?) happen with some frequency even in the private school setting.  Maybe no more than at the public schools, but certainly no less.

If you have a high schooler in one of the DC independent school, do you have a sense of whether this is a true problem, or just isolated incidents which are highly publicized or gossiped about simply because it occurs at a DC private school?  In other words, do you know whether your kid or any in his/he social circle is actually smoking pot, whether experimenting or abusing?[/quote]

I am sorry but seriously?  So you think that paying $20k+ a year ensures that these things do not exist in your school?  Did you go through life with blinders on?  If anything, the kids are private school with access to more money from their parents will be able to but more drugs and alcohol than kids at public school.  My public school friends were definitely not as involved with these things as the private school kids I knew is High school.[/quote]

I could have written this post.  Do not kid yourself, private school kids have access to drugs and alcohol.[/quote]

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