Re: Another student dies of overdose at WHS
Posted by:
Let'sDoBetter
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Date: January 21, 2011 06:10PM
I'm very, very sorry for this young man's family and friends.
These kids get such a mixed message from some of the local schools. "High-performing" schools like Woodson tend to worship the ground that top students and athletes walk on, and all the kids in the school know it. Some of those same kids occasionally do drugs. But, if a kid gets caught, and the disciplinary process kicks in, the consequences are quite severe. The same kid who was trying to fit in with the same kids that the teachers and administrators praise to high heaven can suddenly be expelled from the community. Not an easy situation for an adolescent, much less one with a challenging family situation.
I don't know Yost personally, but to say some of these administrators are two-faced is putting it charitably. FCPS often sends some of the worst administrators to the "best" schools, because it figures these schools will do OK no matter who is in charge.