Parents threaten suit. — Wow, these a-holes are really amazing at this school.
The mother of a 10-year-old girl suspended for bringing peppermint oil to her Commack, N.Y., school Monday says she is considering legal action if school officials don’t apologize and revoke her daughter’s suspension.
Sara Greiner, 10, a fifth-grade student at John Mandracchia-Sawmill Intermediate School, was suspended for one day after bringing organic peppermint oil to school and putting several drops in her water bottle and several classmates’ water, said her mother, Corrine Morton-Greiner, 46.
The Commack School District posted a news release on its Web site saying a student was suspended for “bringing, and then distributing bottled peppermint oil to other students.”
“Peppermint oil is an unregulated over-the-counter drug,” the release reads.
The principal is Michelle Tancredi (shown above).
Found by Aric Mackey.
John don’t you know these principals have no choice. She would be disciplined, demoted or lose her performance bonus at the least if she didn’t follow protocol. Like It’s the states Department of Education and local boards that mandates this crap. Insurance carriers for these school districts may also have a say. It’s the electorate that is ultimately responsible. I’m not disagreeing with your objections, but lets place the blame where it belongs.
#14 On the positive side peppermint oil is supposed to keep you awake. Since many students want to sleep in class it might have it’s good side.
A warning not to share with others might have been saner.
Of course they won’t even let you have over the counter stuff like aspirin.
As to why we had some dolts about that age that tried to get high on aspirin. Blood shot eyes and stomachs pumped. Enough and you start to bleed internally.
I think that pencil sticking out of her breast would be a bigger concern for her.
Good for the school for shutting down this student and her promotion of sugar free, tasty water. Now they can go back to focusing on selling Coke and Mountain Dew in the cafeteria. Well done! Don’t let them do anything that promotes health at the cost of profit.