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[quote=Anonymous]@PP 10:15 -- My experience of St. Albans is based on more than "reading this thread."  Not every drug/alcohol issue is public on DCUM or goes via the disciplinary route as opposed to being handled therapeutically.  There's a lot of misinformation in this thread, whether it is some idea of a supposed "zero tolerance" policy; or the numbers of incidents; or the specific discipline involved in specific incidents or the reasons for that discipline.

There are also some good posts that do more to explain the complexity of the issues at St. Albans or elsewhere.

I would boil things down to a few points:
--St. Albans does have drug and alcohol education;
--The school invites students to ask for and get help outside of the disciplinary process through the chaplains and counselors;
--STA takes illegal drug use, in particular, very seriously, and being caught on campus doing drugs may well result in temporary or permanent separation from the school;
--STA is a day school, so parents will still probably be in the best position to know what is going on with their child than any given teacher/coach who sees the student for between 50-120 minutes per day.

These are important issues, though, and I'm not trying to be dismissive of parental concern -- it is something we all worry about.[/quote]

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