Alcohol and Drugs at Boarding School

Sue22
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:34:49 +0000

One thing to check is the school’s overnight checkout system. One of my kids’ schools was very strict about this. Both the parent of the kid leaving campus and the parent of the kid to whose house they were going had to give permission for the visit by Wednesday (Thursday?) afternoon and if something seemed amiss the dean place a personal call to make sure everything was on the up and up. I once got one of those calls late at night when there was a mix-up about where my kid was going.

One of my other kids was a day student at a boarding school. She had a party and while I got calls from parents checking on the rules I didn’t get one from the school. At the end of the party I was very surprised to learn that some of the kids were expecting to stay over. While I didn’t mind hosting them I was shocked that they were seemingly able to sign out without anyone making sure they were spending the night someplace safe and supervised. I contacted the Dean of Students the next day and the policy was tightened up shortly after.