Anonymous wrote:Anyone who honestly believes this is something new or limited to just APS or YHS and WMS is incredibly naïve.

The drug dogs are going to all of the high schools, including HB and Arlington Tech

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who honestly believes this is something new or limited to just APS or YHS and WMS is incredibly naïve.

As said prior, it's not new---but it is much WORSE. Given the type of drugs and their especially addictive nature. This isn't the weed of the 80/90s.

https://www.arlnow.com/2017/05/25/just-in-police-dogs-to-search-schools-as-aps-addresses-drug-problem/

read the comments.

To all the naysayers, it was an APS EMPLOYEE in the schools that has been urging the schools to do something. They are seeing it firsthand.

Read the comments section of the arlnow---one poster (not as clueless as 99% of APS parents) is right on when they said you need to learn the lingo. Parents, even if they are reading texts, are skimming right over messages about using/selling because they don't know the lingo which is constantly changing. urban dictionary is your friend to decode.

Anyone who honestly believes this is something new or limited to just APS or YHS and WMS is incredibly naïve.

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Anonymous wrote:No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year

Or, you know, you're being hysterical. I find it more plausible that it's a small cohort -- that's usually how these things work. Anyway, there aren't going to be any drug dogs at WMS.

B/c they can't smell what jr. stole from the medicine cabinet to sell to his friends?

Drug dogs can be trained to smell just about anything. They probably should bring them to WMS but won't because parents would lose their minds.

I mentioned this to DS this morning. He goes to TJ but has friends at several APS schools and his reaction was "everyone knows Yorktown and Williamsburg are full of drugs. Gunston too." He said he knows of a few kids at TJ who smoke but he thinks it's a small group (at least that was what he was willing to tell me, of course he could be lying since he's 13).

I have no idea how prevalent it really is. It could be a 'small group' as YHS and WMS adminitration says but if that 'small group' are particularly popular or high-profile it can give the whole school community the perception that it's a bigger problem. But ii can also help the problem grow if more kids get the sense that it's the thing to do.

This. If the small cohort is the popular "cool" kids, the problem will be far more widespread than if it's a handful of less influential kids. It just depends who the cohort is. Had this convo with my DH the other day because he has a brother who continues to struggle with substance abuse issues as a middle-aged adult. He got into hard drugs as a teen because the "in-crowd" at his HS were doing heavier drugs (he was not part of this crowd, but it filtered down to him anyway). My DH was about 5 years behind his brother in school, and was lucky that by the time he was in HS the "in-crowd" was not using more than alcohol on occasion.

My dd says that all the kids know and says there are several dealers at HB (kids,not teachers).

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Anonymous wrote:No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year

Or, you know, you're being hysterical. I find it more plausible that it's a small cohort -- that's usually how these things work. Anyway, there aren't going to be any drug dogs at WMS.

B/c they can't smell what jr. stole from the medicine cabinet to sell to his friends?

Drug dogs can be trained to smell just about anything. They probably should bring them to WMS but won't because parents would lose their minds.

I mentioned this to DS this morning. He goes to TJ but has friends at several APS schools and his reaction was "everyone knows Yorktown and Williamsburg are full of drugs. Gunston too." He said he knows of a few kids at TJ who smoke but he thinks it's a small group (at least that was what he was willing to tell me, of course he could be lying since he's 13).

I have no idea how prevalent it really is. It could be a 'small group' as YHS and WMS adminitration says but if that 'small group' are particularly popular or high-profile it can give the whole school community the perception that it's a bigger problem. But ii can also help the problem grow if more kids get the sense that it's the thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year

Or, you know, you're being hysterical. I find it more plausible that it's a small cohort -- that's usually how these things work. Anyway, there aren't going to be any drug dogs at WMS.

B/c they can't smell what jr. stole from the medicine cabinet to sell to his friends?

Anonymous wrote:No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year

Or, you know, you're being hysterical. I find it more plausible that it's a small cohort -- that's usually how these things work. Anyway, there aren't going to be any drug dogs at WMS.

No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year

This isn't the innocent weed of yesteryear. Kids are doing synthetics and opioids and shit that will become severely addicted right away.

Anonymous wrote:What? If kids are taking drugs in APS ms and hs, then the administrators should get the cops involved and suspend these kids. The schools are not responsible for drug addicted students. They are only responsible for making sure that no one sells drugs on school property, or carries drugs on their person and that students under the influence of drugs are taken to a hospital for evaluation and their parents informed. Suspend their druggie asses. The school has no responsibility for personal choices of such students and should throw them out.

School can do a workshop for parents and students about danger of drugs and the school policy. Apart from that, they should not try and fix this social problem because parents need to do what they should be doing in the first place.

If the culture is sweeping through the schools like wildfire (like I heard at WMS and YHS)--the school does have a moral obligation to adequately notify parents (while maintaining appropriate anonymity) of the incidents. They need more school wide policies. Parents need to wake the hell up and realize anyone's kid can become a victim, mobody is immune and do what my parents did--go thru our stuff when we weren't around, know who we are hanging out with, where we were going, follow their social media , etc. They aren't adults until 18. Make it a police state up in there.

They are white over-privileged rich kids whose parents would swear in a million years they could do no wrong.

They don't supervise enough because their kids are perfect.

I can't tell you how many parents I know (grew up dorky) themselves whose kids are pulling so much serious shot right under their noses. The mammy culture and absent parenting grows up.

Add to the mix SEVERELY over-crowded MS where the drug culture can begin and hide.

APS as usual was actively trying to sweep it all under the rug.

What? If kids are taking drugs in APS ms and hs, then the administrators should get the cops involved and suspend these kids. The schools are not responsible for drug addicted students. They are only responsible for making sure that no one sells drugs on school property, or carries drugs on their person and that students under the influence of drugs are taken to a hospital for evaluation and their parents informed. Suspend their druggie asses. The school has no responsibility for personal choices of such students and should throw them out.

School can do a workshop for parents and students about danger of drugs and the school policy. Apart from that, they should not try and fix this social problem because parents need to do what they should be doing in the first place.

“I have two children in middle school and have heard of numerous times this year alone of students overdosing on prescription drugs on school grounds or having drugs on school grounds,” one Arlington Public Schools parent said in an email to ARLnow.com.

“Drugs in APS middle and high schools are a real problem,” said an APS employee, who wished to remain anonymous. “Administrators are quick to sweep the drug problems under the rug so it won’t make the school look bad. Do the police warn drug dealers of a raid before the raid? I’m a concerned parent, tax paying citizen and an employee of APS.”

so--the WMS principal is still in denial and trying to argue that is a select few kids. Thankfully, she will be gone at the end of the year.

They are finally acknowledging because of an inside source (a TEACHER) that there is a drug problem at APS HS much like the rest of the Country.

At least somebody is finally recognizing the issue after several ODs.

Article is on local news wjla.com and arlnow.com