National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" included a story today (Saturday, March 6) about the Haddonfield school district's "24/7" policy.
"In 2007, two ... students died from alcohol poisoning," reports Nancy Solomon. "Then, at a wild house party, teenagers sprayed urine across the furniture and defecated in a piano. The affluent Philadelphia suburb reacted by creating an arrangement between the police and the schools: any student arrested for drinking or drug use would be reported to the school and disciplined there as well."
An attorney who represents two 15-year-old students arrested at separate parties in recent months calls the policy "a vigilante system of justice." School Board president Steve Weinstein defends it as "a code of conduct."
CLICK HERE to link to "School's Bid To Punish Off-Campus Acts Draws Suit" by Nancy Solomon for Weekend Edition on National Public Radio.
