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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anytime an ambulance is rushed to a school, parents should be notified. No personal info needs to be given. [/quote]

As a teacher, I don’t even know every time an ambulance comes to my high school.  Often I hear later that a staff member or student had an issue and often I’m sure I don’t hear at all.   It’s a big school and most calls are not drug related.  I don’t know if any over doses that have happened in my school.  I’m not naive and know they could.  [/quote]

When I was younger, a kid died at our school. We had a school-wide counseling session and lots of talk about it - and that was just a brain aneurysm. When another kids' brother died of a drug overdose, we talked about drugs and why they are bad and mourned together as a school community. When we moved back from overseas, I told my kids "you will see, public schools here are the heart of the community. They will help you make friends and you will spend lots of time at school because you want to be doing activities and things." It couldn't have been more different. Not sure what has changed, but public schools are the farthest thing from the heart of the community these days. [/quote]

100% this. A kid in our school was driving drunk and killed himself and his two passengers. The school gave out a ton of information, provided support and counseling, and most importantly, really spent the next year focused on drunk driving and alcohol education efforts. That just doesn't happen anymore. We focus on test scores and only test scores now.[/quote]

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