On March 15th, 2011 a student was suspended because a school nurse
called a deputy to give a student that didn't feel well a sobriety test. A decision was made by the deputy, nurse, and school counselor that the student was under the influence of something
but they couldn't determine what. The suspension was for 30 days.
The mom immediately took the child to the doctor and a detailed drug test was negative. The school and district is still standing by their decision.


http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218002

May be a good idea to post your edit in a new post to keep it at the top of the page.

If her lawyer believes she has a case, she could win some big bucks or not.

This is what we get with these "zero tolerance" policies. Authority figures don't have to think or use reasoning skills. The parents should sue.

She has already won her case in the court of public opinion...hoping
someone will take up the cause and represent her and not stop short
of getting all these idiots fired.

She might consult with a good Personal Injury Lawyer.
If she has a case, they will go after the max.
I would chose one that has enough money to run TV ads.

Personally, I think we're getting a little extreme, here. It's not the people. It's the culture. It's how America seems to have decided it wants our teachers and administrators to deal with problems. I put it squarely on the heads of the Conservative "off with their heads" mentality. I think there should be a lawsuit, but not as punishment. Rather as a teaching tool. This is a stupid way for people to think.

Progressive stupidity demands babysitting.
Progressive Liberals raise their kids without rules or boundaries.
Then, they want the system to raise their kids for them.

They believe it's all in the name of progress.

I'd just about bet, the school nurse and the principal are progressives.

Lawsuits are for damages...damages are for punishment for violating someones rights....not teaching tools...that is exactly what schools want people to believe about zero tolerance...that it's a teaching tool..I call those policies zero intelligence policies...it's not political but more of an issue of assumption of authority....Schools are now claiming they can suspend students for what happens off campus and that is a dangerous precedent. There are enough civil and criminal remedies so schools don't have to get involved as police. Schools by these actions are claiming that they don't have to protect individual constitutional rights or due process.

I agree completely. I was wrong about lawsuits being for punishment vs. teaching tools.

I remember watching tv years ago, but a young adult had been lethargic in his car inside a parking structure. Someone reported him, ultimately the police came and harassed him for awhile before yanking him out of the car and shoving him around real well. Finally after a ton of harassment they called an ambulance because the poor guy could not put his words together so they made the assumption he was on some sort of drug of LSD or hallucinogen. Turns out he just had diabetes.

Now kids are getting suspended for NOT doing drugs? Geez. I've seen people miss symptoms that indicated someone was actually really sick because they assumed the person was drunk or on drugs. It's a good thing the girl wasn't physically harmed by their complete ignorance!

what type of 'sobriety' test was it? how IMMEDIATE was the drug test in real terms,,,? The story has very little detail,,,

Not necessarily. Just lazy and too frightened to take a risk by doing the right thing.

why not just ask the kid if any drugs were taken, and then call the parents and let them pick up the child for the day?

In washington dc last week, i think it was a 4th or 5th grader that had brought cocaine to school and gave it to the classmates who were all hospitalized, anyone see that?

I am not sure a kid would be honest about having taken drugs. I think it is appropriate for a school nurse to act on SUSPICION of drug use, although to call police or suspend without EVIDENCE of drug use is a different story.

True but i think often times when teens do drugs, the drug takes over and they tend to be a lil more honest without knowing. especially if they are feeling ill, or paranoid they may be more likely to confess. The fact that she went into the office...would indicate perhaps she was sober, or perhaps did not know if she was maybe drugged...

link has detailed info...it was about an hour...

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218002

This sounds like a case that the ACLU would love to take on for free.

that school district is stupid... they take the opinion of a nurse and a cop without any kind of scientific tests, and don't listen to doctors who gave urine and blood tests at the UT hospital... i hope that girls mother sues the crap out of TCSD. I hate that town anyway, cops suck there and the air stinks with all the oil refineries there.