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Board Silent on Turnabout 
Posted by FoM on September 25, 1999 at 10:56:24 PT
Members won't explain reversal 
Source: The Orange County Register 
Q. Why did the school board reverse the district's decision to transfer the students?A. Board member Jonathan Abelove declined comment on the matter. Attempts to reach others board members were unsuccessful. Mark Eliot, school district spokesman, said he did not know about the decision and declined to comment on the matter.
Q. Were these nine ASB students punished at all?A. Yes. Each began the school year on suspension. They were each suspended for five days.Q. How were they caught?A. Some of the students, whose names were not released, were caught Aug. 26 by security guards who smelled alcohol on their breath at a dance at the Orange County Leadership Council Camp at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Others later confessed or were turned in by peers, Eliot said.Q. What's the next step?A. The board has not finished deliberating on the matter. Before a final decision is made, restrictions will be placed on the students, limiting their participation in school activities. Abelove said he's not sure if those deliberations would end by Monday evening.If those restrictions are too strict, Patti Clark, a parent of one of the nine students, said she will consider appealing the board's decision to Orange County Superior Court.Q. How long has the board deliberated?A. They met with students and parents for more than 12 hours on Wedenesday and several hours Friday.Q. What does the district's "zero tolerance" policy say?A. Students who "possess, use or are under the influence of any controlled substance at a school-related activity will be suspended for five days and involuntarily transferred to another school in the district on their first offense."Q. Have other students been punished under the district's policy?A. Yes. In 1998-99, 45 high school students were transferred because of drug- or alchohol-related infractions. Last October, five Foothill High athletes were transferred to other schools for allegedly smoking marijuana during lunch break.Q. What recourse do students and parents have?A. They can appeal to the school board. If that fails, they can take the matter to Orange County Superior Court.September 25, 1999By WES ORSHOSKIThe Orange County Register #1 newspaper in Orange County, CaliforniaCopyright 1999 The Orange County RegisterPlease send comments to ocregister link.freedom.comManteca Student Reinstated in Pot Case - 9/17/99 http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2916.shtml
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