GRAND FORKS SCHOOL: Mother Complains About Drinking Disciplinary Policy
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 09:00 CDT
By Paulette Tobin, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.
Apr. 25--The mother of a Red River High School student who had to forfeit a school trip after he was arrested for underage drinking said the School District needed to find ways to punish teens other than keeping them from learning opportunities.
The woman said she had paid $1,600 for her son to go on a history trip to Washington, D.C., through the Close Up program. After he was cited for drinking at a party, school officials said he couldn't go on the trip, nor was she able to get a refund, the woman told the Grand Forks School Board on Monday night.
"I really started thinking about what the school is doing to these kids that get caught and in trouble," the woman said in a prepared statement to the board. "Right now, the school kicks them out of interscholastic lifelong learning events that have proven to install lifelong lessons of teamwork, and self-discipline and promote the physical and emotional development of our youth."
The Herald is not identifying the woman to protect her minor son's identity.
Instead of keeping students from learning activities, the school should employ a counselor and students should go to alcohol and drug classes on nights and weekends, she said.
The woman said another youth at the party at which her son was arrested had alcohol on his breath, but both he and his parents refused to submit him to an alcohol breath test. That youth was allowed to go on the Close Up trip, she said. She also said that despite his arrest, her son was allowed to go to the prom.
School officials did not respond to her comments. "We will get back to you," Board President Eric Lunn said, and then moved on to the next agenda item.
Tobin reports on education, teen news and special events. Reach her at (701) 780-1134; (800) 477-6572, ext. 134; or ptobin@gfherald.com.
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Source: Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.)
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