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OOOOOH! drugs in school!
alledan
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Student Suspended for Sharing Caffeine Gum
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:45 AM EDT
The Associated Press
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) - A middle school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contained caffeine, school officials said.
The girl, whose name and age were not released, gave another Huston Middle School student Jolt gum. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Amy Palermo, schools superintendent.
Products acting as a stimulant are prohibited and possessing them is grounds for disciplinary action, and the suspension was mainly based on the girl's decision to share the gum, she said.
"What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?" Palermo said Thursday.
The school has soda machines, but they aren't turned on during school hours and drinks containing caffeine aren't sold in the lunchroom.
Jolt is manufactured by GumRunners LLC of Hackensack, N.J., and is marketed as a caffeine-energy gum.
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:45 AM EDT
The Associated Press
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) - A middle school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contained caffeine, school officials said.
The girl, whose name and age were not released, gave another Huston Middle School student Jolt gum. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Amy Palermo, schools superintendent.
Products acting as a stimulant are prohibited and possessing them is grounds for disciplinary action, and the suspension was mainly based on the girl's decision to share the gum, she said.
"What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?" Palermo said Thursday.
The school has soda machines, but they aren't turned on during school hours and drinks containing caffeine aren't sold in the lunchroom.
Jolt is manufactured by GumRunners LLC of Hackensack, N.J., and is marketed as a caffeine-energy gum.
Comments
I used to bring "Surge" to middle school (I believe it was discontinued for being too sweet/caffinated) and I turned out fine!
buy cans of beans and head for the hills.... It wont be long I promise!
kid who slipped a nice big plate of (MAUI WOWEE)
brownies into his his high school faculty graduation
luncheon celebration - just for the teachers!
They all loved them - loved the ride to the hospital -
loved everyone at the hospital - loved the munchies
there - and the 86 year old receptionist got to stay
over for two days!
Oh well, ... boys, will be boys (still)![:D][:D][:D]
The intolerant kneejerk school decisions are assanine.
I used to bring "Surge" to middle school (I believe it was discontinued for being too sweet/caffinated) and I turned out fine!
Your going to KU! See what Surge did for you. Don
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
I used to bring "Surge" to middle school (I believe it was discontinued for being too sweet/caffinated) and I turned out fine!
Your going to KU! See what Surge did for you. Don
KSU, I'm no jayhawk
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
I used to bring "Surge" to middle school (I believe it was discontinued for being too sweet/caffinated) and I turned out fine!
Your going to KU! See what Surge did for you. Don
KSU, I'm no jayhawk
I try to do you a favor and see how you are. Don
Mainly to keep awake and study harder.
I've never heard it to be outlawed or prohibited in Denmark anyways.
I'm not really getting this either. I used to drink coffee in school. I'd get it from the office, or teachers lounge. What is the big deal about gum?
because you went to school before chickenfooey discipline and "zero toleance everything" replaced education and real discipline.
IMO if you continue to make basic things illegal, you blur the line between right and wrong, because students see that officials readily ban things which are not wrong.