<p>Child is applying to top music conservatories. Most ask about criminal convictions but they don't ask about in school suspension. Child received in school suspension for poss. of a bottle of wine and possession of drug paraphernalia (an empty container) at a residential high school. No criminal record but did receive in school suspension. Application does ask for contact for guidance counselor so could possibly ask him/her. Should child volunteer this information if NOT ASKED?</p>
<p>I was just recently suspended in-school for forgery. It was a prank and I told the teachers that it I was forging it, but for doing it I was still suspended. The collage form asks the guidance counselor: “Was you child ever involved in diciplinary actions resulting in a probabtion, suspention, or exclusion?” However, thankfully, an In-School Suspention is regarded by many schools as a detention rather than a suspention. Ask your guidance counselor how she will answer the question when asked by the collage. If she will report it then you must too. If not, you do not have to.</p>