How about punishing your kids instead of blaming the school?

 

 

 

Mothers concerned after middle school daughters hospitalized | WHAS11.com

Man...some parents just don't get it. So, did someone hold their daughters down and force these drugs down their throat? If so, then all their comments have merit. However, I have the sneaky suspicion that is not the way it happened.

 

Now, does the school have some more investigating to do and steps to take? Yes they do. But the first entity the parents should be upset with are the girls themselves for accepting and taking the drugs. But that's not how many parents think today. Oh, it's the schools fault my girl took these drugs...our girls have no responsibility in this event at all.

 

With all that said, is there a problem with drugs in schools? You bet. Some schools are doing everything they can think of, legally, to curb the problem, and even then it still happens. Is Crosby doing enough? That I don't know, but it's definitely a question that can be asked.

School should have contacted the parents when the girls were rushed to the hospital...other than that, I don't blame the school at all.

 

Kid takes drugs...parents blame school...that's the world we live in today :no:

Now, now. We can't have parents being responsible for their children. (Note heavy sarcasm)

 

Just like a lot of parents I see when their child is busted with drugs. It just can't be their child. Someone else must have forced them. If I had a nickel for every time I heard that................

School should have contacted the parents when the girls were rushed to the hospital...other than that, I don't blame the school at all.

 

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I would be curious to hear the school's thoughts on not contacting the parents.

I would be curious to hear the school's thoughts on not contacting the parents.

 

Me as well, not sure policy here, but at the moment EMS takes them away, not much info the school can provide, perhaps it was better to have Hospital contact parents. At that point the EMS/hospital would be the one in charge of the situation.

School should have contacted the parents when the girls were rushed to the hospital...other than that, I don't blame the school at all.

 

Kid takes drugs...parents blame school...that's the world we live in today :no:

 

Yep, not sure how the school thought NOT contacting the parents and telling them their kid was sent to the hospital was the correct thing to do. After all, they are the ones with all the contact info on the kids.

I would be curious to hear the school's thoughts on not contacting the parents.

 

I agree, but two parents came and picked up their kids which tells me some kind of an attempt was made. That part definitely needs looking into.

 

I know this, if that had been me, all kinds of hell would have rained down on me from home.

Maybe there was an attempt to reach the parents but they did not connect? We just had a thread on this---when the phone rings we wonder why they did not just text?

Some parents choose to ignore the school's number when it comes up.

As a teacher, I can tell you that frequently parents don't update their contact information when they change phones or move. I once had a number for mom, one for dad and one for the next contact, none of which worked, when I needed to call about a behavioral issue.

 

I don't know that is the case here, but as @Beechwoodfan mentioned, two parents picked up their kids, so it seems some contact was made.

Everybody wants to blame other people. The girls made a poor choice at school--and the parent's are trying to hide that fact by making a big deal out the no contact.

I'd be shocked if JCPS didn't attempt to contact the parents.

Once I somehow missed a call from school. Then I noticed on my phone that the school called. I called right away and the secretary explained what was happening. I raced over to school and parked right behind the ambulance that was there for my son. I rode the ambulance to the hospital with my son.

 

I am sure glad that the school did not wait to contact me before calling an ambulance. In an emergency situation, the parents are the second people you call after calling 911.