What are the consequences of students getting caught with drugs?
February 7, 2020
Students at Morton East are caught with drugs by the deans about once a week. Some students are caught multiple times with possession of drugs.
According to one of the deans at Morton east, Dean Matthew Dugan, the consequences of getting caught with drugs are typically the same no matter the type of drug. Morton follows a procedure, “…if we suspect a student is under the influence or in possession we take them to the nurse to make sure their vitals are okay, so that way they aren’t in an emergency. We then contact the parent and typically it is an out of school suspension. The out of school suspension is usually 1-2 days depending on the situation and the number of times the student has had a referral for (drug possession))”
Morton tries not to involve the police unless those who are caught with possession of drugs intention is to distribute the drug they are in possession with. According to Dugan, they try not to suspended students for more than 1-2 days because, “…we don’t want to punish them (students), but try to get then as much help as possible.”
Most of these students who have gotten caught have been grateful and many of the parents have taken into consideration when deans try to give the students help. Also, Dugan thought that it’s scary that many students consume drugs that they don’t even know what it is. Even though drugs are found once a while it’s not something that its only our school issue, but other schools have the same issue with drugs.
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Mia Bargas • Feb 14, 2020 at 1:38 pm
Genge- I think that the school is doing a great job at handling the situation of students who use or bring drugs in the school.
A study is shown that nearly 17% of highschool students use drugs during the school day. I think if the student is caught with drugs more than 3 times should get expelled.
Jaime Avalos • Feb 14, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Genge- i think that the school does handle catching students in possession with drugs. but maybe they should make new rules about it because i doubt the students that get caught with drugs care they might think of it as to free days off. the should at least test students at random to see if they stopped using drugs or tell there parents to go find help for the students. so they wont get addicted they need new rules.
Anely Valdez • Feb 14, 2020 at 12:44 pm
Genge- According to the article written by Morton Pony Express, Morton is doing the right thing on reaching out to their students to give them the help they needed after talking with their parents about the situations the student is in. Many Schools don’t seem to care about the students but that’s not always the case. Other schools also tend to help those who need the help and those who want the help either from a friend, family, teacher, staff, or anyone in general. The important thing is that every school tries as much as they can to reach for help for those who may need it, not only in situations like drug related, but anything the student may need help on.
Tiffany Ruiz • Feb 14, 2020 at 9:31 am
Genge: I think that Morton is reasonable with the way they handle kids being caught with drugs. Other schools do the same if a student is found in possession with drugs. At Woodson High school a student was caught with possession of drugs and was no longer able to receive a recommendation from his teachers for any colleges and had to transfer to a different school.