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February 13, 2006
Great Moments in Public Education
The Chicago Sun Times reports:
A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed.The school district's stance:The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends.
The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.
Two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning, the boy's mother said.
He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.
Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school reported the boy's comments.
The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear. Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two.Yes, that's right, the school officials assert that a bag of powdered sugar is as dangerous as a bag of cocaine. The mind reels.
Posted by Conor at February 13, 2006 03:05 PM
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Comments
This is the most rediculous thing. This little boy should not be punished for bring sugar to school, simply for a science project. Yes, maybe he should be reprimanded slightly by his mother for joking around with his friends in the bathroom. But by no means should the school put look-a-like drugs and real drugs in the same light, especially as the boy had no intention of bring something that looked like cocaine.
Posted by: Ellie at February 15, 2006 12:37 PM
that's rediclous, i can't believe that poor kid is getting in trouble for joking around. maybe if the kid was trying to sell it or get people to snort it, he should get in trouble. but it's silly for him to get into so much trouble especially when he corrected his joke.
Posted by: sSpencer at February 15, 2006 01:18 PM
It's hard to know where to draw the line on this one because it could have been cocaine. However, I feel like the actions of the boy are a little suspicious. Why would you show your friends powdered sugar in the bathroom? I think it's wrong to arrest the boy without evidence and I feel the school rule really depends on the situation. In this case, it might very well have been cocaine. Who knows these days.
Posted by: clawrence at February 15, 2006 07:58 PM