Reply to drug police dogs in APS HS

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "drug police dogs in APS HS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18 arrest already in 2017:  https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?[/quote]

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”[/quote]

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

[b]“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”
[/quote][/b]

This is why I started getting my kids involve in sport very young. This is especially important for boys - to much down time can equal trouble. They need physical activity. From my experience, there are kids in sport that dabs in drugs too but they generally falls by the wayside eventually because of the drug use. For some kids, the discipline and the time kill that sport provides is important to keep them clear headed and mentally focussed, and confident.  For us, it has helped to keep our kids committed on weekends and most nights. They always have an excuse as to why they can't go to parties or go very rarely, which where the pressure is to do drugs according to them.  [/quote]

Hate to break it to you, but most of the hardcore partying at Yorktown revolves around the sports teams.[/quote]

I am well aware. I also know the ones who are more hardcore drugs takers are not committed and eventually give up. Nothing is fool proof when it comes to drugs in HS these days. Kids connect through social media, and the fact that parents can't really keep track of their kids friends and therefore influences so that they can stir their kids to the right social environment is an issue. Boredom is a big issue, so I keep my kids busy. By 10th grade, the more parties the go to the more exposure. The goal is to minimize access so it doesn't become a culture, but yeah, the only fool proof way to keep them from being exposed to drugs is to lock them up and throw away the keys[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics