"A random search of Southern High School resulted in one male minor being taken into custody, the confiscation of drugs, and the entire campus being placed on lockdown. Acting Principal James Petitte made good on a promise he made to students by having police, corrections and customs officers come to the school to conduct a sweep for drugs.
Five teams of dogs swept the Santa Rita campus and found a 17-year-old student in possession of marijuana. The student evidently had hidden 8 sticks of marijuana in a potato chip bag stuffed into a pill bottle. Authorities also confiscated several marijuana pipes made out of pens.
Petitte says he is now recommending that the student be expelled, saying, "Southern High's a good school, these are wonderful young people. Unfortunately sometimes kids make bad choices, and when they're caught they're going to get dealt with like I said swiftly and effectively. So this is part of that process."
The male minor was released to his parents and will have to appear before the Juvenile Investigation Section at a later time."
Ya, and what that doesn't mention is that many teachers spent over an hour outside the gate parked in their cars waiting for the lockdown- one of those would be me.
Honestly, glad they had the drug dogs come through- anything to let the kids know that the school is serious about cracking down on the issues- just hope I get the memo next time so that I can be sure to bring more coffee with me :)
All they found was some pot?!?!? I would have expected a lot more. Sends a good message, but I don't think the kid should be expelled. It's just pot!! It will probably be legal in our lifetime or our kids.
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