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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get all the suggestions to just hide pills. MCPS is dealing with quite the fentanyl crisis right now. If I see *any* pill on a student, I’m going to be reporting it. I will not be assuming it is advil. If you want to help us out, get the form signed and have your child go to the nurse.

-teacher [/quote]

You need to understand that the form is a giant hassle, and it hurts a lot of kids who need to take medication as needed for recurring ailments like lactose intolerance, period cramps, etc. It can be really difficult for parents to get the form signed by the pediatrician, because doctors' offices hate signing school forms, and give parents the runaround for weeks. The burden should not be so high to get kids run-of-the-mill OTC meds! When the school day is absolutely packed, no, a kid can't run out of the class to the nurse's station, which is perhaps several staircases and corridors away, when they have cramps and all they need is a little Tylenol and peace and quiet in the bathroom! A little privacy and dignity, if you please. And I DO NOT believe that this over-the-top policing is helping the fentanyl crisis AT ALL. 
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The easiest thing for you to do is NOT OPEN BAGS OR BOXES. My kid's middle school teachers never open things. They have a table at the back of the room for forgotten items, and the kids looking for stuff check that table, and also check the general lost and found.[/b]

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This.  There's no reason for a teacher to be opening up items.  Our MS and HS has a lost and found.  Turn in the item to the lost and found and let them take care of it.

My kid bringing a few Advil to school is not making the fentanyl crisis worse.  Good god.  It's like the ridiculous bathroom policies.

Instead of fixing the actual problems (like the kids who are caught smoking weed in the bathrooms, or the kids who are vaping in the hallways) the school wants to focus on nonsense issues like a girl bringing Advil to school?  Ridiculous.  [/quote]

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