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I would like to understand how a parent has failed if their kid goes to school, someone at school gives them drugs, they use the drugs at school and then overdose at school.

As a parent you can do everything you can to keep your kids safe at home. But you have no control after you send them to school except to hope and prey that your kids are not influenced by others.

If MCPS did more to address the behavioral problems to keep bad kids away, a lot of this crisis would be avoided.

How many kids lives need to be sacrificed before bad kids are held accountable and removed from school settings?[/quote]

As a parent, I would hope that if someone tried to give my kid drugs, at school or not at school, my kid would not take them, full stop. If the only reason your kid isn't taking drugs is that they can't find any to take, that's a problem right there. I don't think that means you as a parent have failed. It's more complicated than that. But don't blame the "bad kids" for your kid taking drugs. The "bad kids" aren't forcing your kid to take drugs; that's your kid's choice.[/quote]

I'm not saying I disagree with you....but teenagers are also incredibly susceptible to peer pressure and intimidation. And there actually have been instances of older kids (juniors and seniors) forcing and threatening younger kids to try drugs for their amusement.

So the PP's point is valid. Parents can't control the behavior of their kids or other people's kids at school. That is really on MCPS when they're within their walls.[/quote]

These kids aren't just doing drugs at school, let's be real.  You need to monitor your kids at home, trust by verify and if they are showing signs, get them help.  [/quote]

Nobody said they're ONLY doing drugs at school, but we are asking MCPS to be accountable and proactive to prevent drug use from within its jurisdiction. What's so difficult to understand about that?[/quote]

How can they do that? These are likely pills, not smoking or something visible. [/quote]
The common denominator in many of the MCPS school safety incidents are bathrooms. Maybe they could start there. [/quote]

If it's pills, bathrooms are not necessary...students I would think could just hand them off in the halls or at lunchtime.   Or before school   [/quote]
Why is this relevant? There are any number of theoretical scenarios. Real things that have happened have involved bathrooms which indicates the need for better monitoring. [/quote]

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