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Third-graders caught smoking pot at school face disciplinary action

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Officials in Sonora have not disclosed how they plan to discipline three third-graders who were caught smoking marijuana inside a school bathroom.

Leigh Shampain, joint superintendent of Sonora and Sommerville elementary schools, told The Union Democrat officials do not discuss specifics of disciplinary cases and that this is the first time anything like this has come across his desk since he began the job.

Two of the third-graders at at Sonora Elementary School were 8 years old, the other 9, authorities said. Another student who walked in and caught them in the act Feb. 27 alerted school officials, who then reported it to police, according to KPIX-TV.

The students were not identified and their gender was not revealed.

The Union Democrat reported that the district also has a "zero tolerance" policy, but it was unclear if it would be applied to the third-graders.

Probation officials in Tuolumne County are also now investigating how the group of young students got their hands on the marijuana.

"We saw the three kids get taken out of the bathroom, but that is all we saw," seventh-grader Mary Montano told KTXL-TV.
According to the news station, students on campus have not seen the three kids since the incident.

"[I'm] shocked. To be in third grade and have their own pipe," parent Linda Rodriguez told KTXL-TV. "I think they should be expelled, but I also think they should follow it further to where they found [the drugs]."


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...ipline-20140306,0,5655612.story#ixzz2vLnl9Loy
 
yes. expel the kids and lock up the dealer. problem solved :|

kids that young shouldnt need the urge to get high though its kinda sad
 
I wonder how schools in the legal states would handle this?

I've lived for so long in communities that smoke cannabis that it's hard to relate to the opposite mentality anymore...
 
yes. expel the kids and lock up the dealer. problem solved :|

kids that young shouldnt need the urge to get high though its kinda sad

I don't think the kids were very conscious of what getting high is. Willing to bet they saw an old sibling smokin it and stole their pipe and stash.

Same reason I don't think they should be expelled.
 
They probably didnt even know how to inhale. Kinda sad story for sure tho, these kids will possibly be in trouble with the law when they get older, do other drugs... Its also prob going to be great ammo for the mj haters out there that we need to save the children!
 
Yeah it'll be a self-fulfilling prophesy for sure. Act like something that should be nothing is the end of the world and you just doomed a bunch of third graders to the life of disenfranchised, poly-drug using petty criminals. Expelling them is a demented joke.
 
i agree with the above posters.
They should not be held responsible for smoking weed, since they are in THIRD GRADE (duhh).
Instead, they should be educated.
 
third graders inhaling the oxidation products of a flower...

@_@

the horror
 
third graders inhaling the oxidation products of a flower...

@_@

the horror

Dude, we get it. Weed isn't particularly harmful, especially in moderation by ADULTS. The kids shouldn't be punished, but educated. But making jokes out of 8 year olds smoking a psychoactive substance? You don't think that this is a pretty shitty incident? Maybe I'm just not 'getting' these jokes today.
 
I in no way think that children should smoke grass.. but i feal i need to say that children of this age are given reg amps all the time?
 
At my school they would have caned their arse before they expelled them.

Then again we would get caned for swearing…..
 
Better than that. Smoke drugs and you're expelled.

Act out or don't pay attention and you're punished with.... more drugs.
 
^ Nice one, Jess.

At my school they would have caned their arse before they expelled them.

Then again we would get caned for swearing…..

Damn, that is really harsh!
Are you talking about an elementary (primary) school (i.e. roughly ages 6-13)?
 
I'd be interested to learn their intentions. I bet they wanted to smoke to get high, not just because they saw big brother doing it.
 
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