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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent at Churchill, I do my best to try to keep my kids off drugs.  I work from home so I am home when they are out of school.  My kid have a strict curfew with a parent to see them when they walk in the door.  They are into athletics and other extra curricular activities so they have very little downtime and reasons to get up early even on weekends.

At home we also have open discussions on what they see happening at school and with their peers.  Starting in middle school, my kids reported that there were drug dealers in school - some marijuana but also prescription drugs including ADHD meds and opiates.  In high school, they saw pills exchanged for money in the back of classrooms while class was going on, in locker rooms, in stairwells, and in hallways.  Some kids show up to class stoned (especially after lunch).  Most recently, one of my children reported to me that some of the athletes in MCPS used steroids in post season meets.  Other athletes at school have been banned for 30 days from extracurricular actives for alcohol consumption at a school sponsored event.

It's daily exposure and availability at school and from peers that worries me as a parent.  Teenagers fall so easily to peer pressure and there is a lot of pressure to party at Churchill.  Sure, schools cannot control what happens off of school property[b] but they should be able to do a better job preventing drugs and alcohol on school property.  [/b]Working with parents for prevention instead of ignoring what is going on would be a step in the right direction.[/quote]

I am repeating myself but this all falls back to the leadership of the school, namely the principal. She is way past her prime and yet is kept in place by the School board after all the issues that have occurred at Churchill in the past few years. A strong principal, visible and accessible to the students would be a great start to getting Churchill back on track.[/quote]

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