<p>At Andover we do have done a lot of partying so far, but not wish drugs and alcohol. Just lots of dances, movie showings, rallies, ect.</p>
<p>Don’t feed the fire.:)</p>
<p>Parents are notified before the test. Random may have been a strong word… I misspoke. Or really mistyped. The dorm head told us that the tests are not likely to happen to us, but refusing to take one is an admissions of guilt. The tests will receive parental approval and the parents will be given a reason for the test. That reason might be something as vague/weak as:
-A friend of the student was caught
-Many students on a sports team were caught
-A room mate was caught
-The student was spotted in a place where substances were being used(Like smoking on a baseball field)
-The parents want the test/the teachers notice a decline in work or some other warning sign</p>
<p>I arrived preseason for football, and probably 40 of the 50 other kids that arrived for preseason are in my dorm. My dorm head actually gave us the intro that we are leaders on campus more than other dorms because we have a big mix of older students(Half a floor of a 3 floor dorm is the frosh section).</p>
<p>Many BS will indicate their policy of testing in the handbook - read it carefully. If you are on probation (caught previously with alcohol) they may have the right to random test. Also, as indicated in other posts, if they deem a reason, individuals or groups can be tested. Don’t go to BS if you plan to ruin your experience by drinking or using drugs. Most will expell you immediately after the first drug offense, and most after the first or definately second alcohol offense.</p>
<p>I heard from a teacher that Choate had some coke problems… i dont really know though. I’m applying to all girls schools :P</p>
<p>Well if by “coke problems” you mean that their soda machines break down, perhaps, but those damn things are breaking down all the time.</p>
<p>Choate may have had an incident that made the newspapers 25 years ago, but today it has one of the strictest drug policies of all of the schools: “One strike and you’re out!” A group of sophomores was expelled within hours for smoking pot off campus last fall. I asked my kids last year if they had ever seen any evidence of drugs at school, and they both said no, it’s not a part of the culture. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Yes, bayside, my sister went to a hades school and they have an extremely strict “one strike and you’re out” policy for drinking and drugs. However, this did not prevent those few that still did them secretly… (she knew a couple girls in the dance company that actually smoked pot)</p>
<p>In general, there is no tolerance for providing drugs or alcohol to others in BS. That is true. It is very rare for students to deal within schools. Sometimes, it may be a parent’s problem. A several months ago, Concord Acedemy students had a party at the student’s classmate’s home and one girl died. "Police searched Zimmerman’s(the parents of the student who invited friends) home and found two empty 30-pack cases of beer, three bottles of vodka, a bottle of Jagermeister, tequila, and Chardonnay, six marijuana pipes, and a sunglasses case with marijuana, according to a police report.
If a parent leaves those substances at home and let their kids have a party without supervision, we cannot exclude any possibility that the student’d try and bring them to school.</p>
<p>Please read the following article.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-law-courts/12707479-1.html[/url]”>http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-law-courts/12707479-1.html</a></p>
<p>I just read the article erkybk posted and it was not the parents who provided the alcohol or drugs. The article clearly states that the kids illegally purchased alcohol, and there was no mention of how the drugs came to be in the residence, but my bet is that the kids were responsible also. One of the kids plead guilty to the purchase of alcohol by a minor. This was not parent’s supplying drugs and alcohol to teens, it was a case of teenagers behaving very badly. I thought the punishment by Concord Academy was pretty light, a one year and six month suspension, given what occurred. Why not just expel the students?</p>
<p>emdee, I agree! I don’t understand that light punishment, either.</p>
<p>I didn’t say that the parents provided the alcohol or drugs to the kids. What I saying is that kids may find and try those(or even bring them to school) if such substances are not controlled approproately. If parents let kids have party without supervision and controlling those substances approproately, that may cause a big problem.</p>
<p>St. Paul’s has a reputation with pot. I know some people who were kicked out last year.<br>
Concord is a great party school though, I don’t know about drugs and alcohol but they have fun there. Williston Northampton too.</p>
<p>Nephew told me at Thanksgiving that 12 kids have been expelled at Andover so far this year, mostly for pot. He said half of them were friends of his. I suggested he find different friends.</p>
<p>Smoking pot, drinking, etc. can be found at ANY boarding school. We are talking about teenagers - a certain percentage of teenagers will experiment. </p>
<p>If students are getting caught and disciplined that is a good thing. It means the school administration is doing their job and not sticking their heads in the sand.</p>
<p>Winterset, welcome back. Well, your post apparently is in response to the post immediately preceeding yours. (Are you convinced that he/she is an Andover student?) So, you have a nephew going to Andover? He was the friend of 6 students who were expelled this year because of drug? And he also knows another 6 that were expelled? Is he sure that it’s not 11 or 13 students that were expelled? I’ve been in touch with quite a few Andover students and parents and I wish I could get that kind of insider information… You are an adult. Please be responsible when you “disclose” this kind of news or figures. And some of us are still waiting for you to clarify where exactly on the school newspaper you got the figure of students on full aid at Andover, which you posted in a thread in the Parents section.</p>
<p>As a parent, why don’t you ask the school the number of substance abuse violations? Ask if that number is significantly greater than previous years.</p>
<p>Creative is right. The school is doing their job.</p>
<p>The expulsions could have been the result of other types of infractions, as well.</p>
<p>school expulsion. thats so intense!</p>
<p>I have NO idea where the “prior poster” goes to school. My post was based purely on a Thanksgiving discussion. It was a lengthy discussion with my nephew. My nephew says the number was 12. Think he knows. In fact half the kids were his friends (unfortunately). Maybe you should ask the school if you doubt my nephew. Sorry you could not get the information, so I am happy to help you out. As to the figures for students on financial aid. It was from the Phillipian. You can Google it, but you may have to use the Phillipian’s own search feature. I had no idea you waiting for me to do this for you. And yes, I have been busy getting another degree. I am quite responsible, but am sorry if my absence frustrated you. I only check in here occasionally and frequently not on the same threads.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. As always I don’t find your answers helpful. I am done conversing with you either in the public forums or through PM’s. I just want to point out that I think you are giving irresponsible misinformation and people who are reading your posts shouldn’t take your words seriously. You were the one who had kept the SPS thread alive for a long time and you told me that you had access to SPS info that’s not readily available to the public, making me believe you are an “insider” of SPS. I knew little and still can’t say I know much about SPS as a school, but if you are an alumnus SPS is proud of having and even a role model to the current students (also someone’s good uncle), then I am not impressed. Have a nice life, and good luck with having “another degree”.</p>
<p>At SPS discipline is announced in chapel, to the school community, so students have the facts about what happened and to whom. What do they do at Andover? If you ask for the info from the school will they provide it to you? Winterset is a parent and alum of SPS and I do believe he has access to info. that is not readily available. But SPS is pretty open and I don’t doubt you could ask for information about nearly any subject and receive it. I don’t think it is unreasonable to believe what your nephew tells you about discipline at their school. If you think Winterset is making it up, contact Andover and get the facts and set the record straight.</p>