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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering people use drugs about the same clip across racial and SES lines and then a consistent number of people who try move to using then take the next step into abuse. The real problem with drugs is the war on drugs and the adverse affects that has on the rest of your life once branded a druggie. Considering the "good to be the boss" affect enjoyed by the demographic who populates the school and that the school is almost completely void of the kind of people who typically suffer from the disproportionate policing and then the overly punitive criminal justice system:

I would say no, Whitman has the least serious drug problem in the entire county and[b] the problems tends to trend upward as you go east and north.[/b]

Do they use drugs? of course! 
Do they have a problem no? they're rich and white and most of life's rewards will be bought and paid for and consequences avoided.

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Where's your data?[/quote]

common sense you nit wit but here you go:

[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecourtyard/9134268333/[/url]

[url]http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Blogs/Education-Matters/July-August-2012/African-American-Students-Face-Higher-Suspension-Rates-in-MCPS-High-Schools/[/url]
Consider there aren't any black students at Whitman to speak of and it has one of the lowest suspension rates in MoCo where do you think the kids are coming from? Potomac?

part of a larger news story. 
[url]http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19285/de-facto-segregation-threatens-montgomery-public-schools/[/url]
MoCo does drug statistics but they say the same things and you can look them up if you feel the need. I get it that eastern parts of the county think they almost equal but they don't really get where and how the quality gaps manifest themselves. Whitman has almost no suspensions so the black marks that really hurt the kids more so than the actual actions never get put on the record. Hopefully then the kids out grow the youth retardation complex before they leave the protective bubble even though we all know some don't. Kids out east don't get quite the same protections and while not fair it is on their parents for failing to provide it to them even if they never had the chance to. That's life

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We tend not to suspend b/c of drugs.  maybe a day out of class
Suspensions - which are no longer part of how schools are run these days- revolve around fights and gang activity and usually involve weapons.  For every kid suspended, there are ten more who have been overlooked b/c central office is on the schools' asses.

Your articles, therefore, aren't connected to your supposed "trend upward," moron.

I'm guessing you're not an educator.[/quote]

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