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school involvement with alchohol

Today there was a rumor going around our highschool saying that kids were drinking. one of the teachers overheard this and took it to the principal. this drinking was with minors around the age of 16 and happened 2 weeks back. the school took these kids in and 2 of them told the principal everything, so the principal let them 2 go free and suspended the other kids from sports and gave them school consequences. this party dint not take place on school grounds or at a school activity. they had no proof that these kids did this exept for 2 kids saying what happened. I would like to know if this was legal, for them to do this since it was so far back with no proof. they also threatened to get police involved if kids did not confess, they were threatened to say yes to charges from school or would get greater consequences for refusing. are they within there rights?


Asked on 5/21/07, 7:52 pm

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Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: school involvement with alchohol

This is for the kids' parents to take up with the school. Sounds like bad administration here, but you never know.

There are SOME statutory requirements that teachers report things like this, so it's not necessarily out of line for them to bring it to the school's attention. However, the steps taken tehreafter are of concern.

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Answered on 5/23/07, 4:37 pm


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