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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Protecting "the brand" and protecting the privacy of the kid may go hand in hand.  I understand that some parents think they are "entitled to know," but the kid who went through the overdose probably disagrees.

Here's what you need to know: there are kids recklessly using drugs at your kid's school.

The previous sentence applies to all schools.  All of them.  Now the question is how do you keep your kid safe?  That's hard.  [/quote]

This is why every school should also be thoughtful and persistent on drug/alcohol education - and the school should tell the parents they are doing the education. Our child's HS did not but their MS did. The MS also sent resources to parents as support to the in-school education. This seems like common sense. This sort of persistent education was provided to me in MS, HS, college too.  [/quote]

Did you attend public school?

Private schools will never do this and never have because they benefit from the rumor that their students are magical snowflakes who would never ever.

I went to a middling private many years ago. One administrator chased the kids who used on campus around, a few times they brought dogs through to search. No education or support provided. It often felt like keeping the drugs out took precedence over hiring good faculty. The drug users got a lot of attention but those of us who didn’t were left to our own devices where we would be offered…drugs!

By the time I graduated, I was really good at being propositioned and saying no, but not so good at certain under resourced science classes.[/quote]

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