<p>I’m bumping this up again, one because it is really important that prospective BS students and parents be well advised of what they are agreeing to upon accepting. Two, that there are different takes on this issue and that student and parent attitudes change especially as one progresses through the school years. Thirdly, I finally had a chance to read the thread and it is a sordid quagmire that goes well beyond BS and college and needs to be comprehended by both students and parents. I know really good kids making one stupid mistake thinking they got away with it only to come back and nail them literally months later. The jury is still out in my mind on zero tolerance. I’ve seen lives ruined, opportunities lost, fatalities, a whole lot of tears, certainly all regrets and complete turnarounds. For God’s sake, just don’t do it. Fyg this is my short version comment.</p>
<p>by the way im pretty sure andover is zero tolerance, and a one time chance for either drugs or alchol</p>
<p>*alcohol 10char</p>
<p>No, Andover is a second-chance school. A first major offense brings probation, which entails restriction and, of course, the offense being listed on the offender’s transcript. A second major offense triggers a second probation which, in most cases, leads to expulsion. Andover gives its students the opportunity to learn from their mistakes - to learn from them in a school environment that forgives but does not fully forget.</p>
<p>Andover is a very progressive school - a philosophy its adherence to is central to such policies as the “Sanctuary” policy, a rule that allows students to report their friends (or themselves) to the school as endangered by some kind/s of habit/s, such as alcohol or drugs. The school takes no disciplinary action as a result of Sanctuary. The student on whom Sanctuary has been called is given mandatory counseling and the parents are notified, but nothing goes down on the student’s transcript. In most cases, a student may have Sanctuary called on them ONCE without disciplinary effects.</p>