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Eight year-old Kelli Billingsley wanted to raise some money to buy Christmas presents. With mom's help she made Jell-O cups and brought them to school to sell to her friends.

"The youngster was suspended Nov. 29 from Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School after school officials said the snacks given to her by her mother in small, clear plastic containers resembled an alcoholic mixture commonly known as "Jell-O shots," said Jefferson Parish public schools spokesman Jeff Nowakowski."

The girl was suspended for nine days for two violations of the system's drug policy: having a "look-alike" drug on school grounds and intending to distribute it, Nowakowski said.

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Busted for posession and distribution of a sugary substance. The Jell-O was taken by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. It was tested and contained no alcohol. This punishment really is for bringing Jell-O to school in small plastic cups. But it gets worse.

Under the drug policy, the girl can return to school Friday if she completes an assessment program, undergoes counseling and submits to a hair test to make sure she is drug-free, Nowakowski said.

An eight year-old girl who made Jell-O is being treated like a serious drug abuser. Posession of Jell-O requires an assessment program? Exactly what is it about gelatin that mandates counseling? Is there some established relationship between no-fat desert cups and drug abuse that I don't know about? Any sort of connection that would make forcing Jell-O eaters to take hair follicle drug analysis tests seem anything besides absolutely ludicrous?

ButterMup

What the...? Wait. No. WHAT?

I didn't comment on the scissors incident, because there were already plenty of good arguments being made, and honestly, I can see how some hyper-reactionary schoolboard trustees could potentially see scissors as a threat. So fair's fair. I think they acted like idiots, but they were plausibly justifiable idiots.

But Jell-O? You've got to be fucking kidding me.
That's asinine.
Something tells me that more than one staff member at that school has a drinking problem they need to reconcile, if the first thing that comes to mind when they look at a kid holding a cup of Jell-O is, "Hey! Jell-O shots!".
I mean, fuck. Really.
Are they going to remove chalk from all the classrooms, too?
Because I don't know about you all, but I kind of think chalkdust looks like cocaine.

Car Enthusiast

damn schools make it hard for people to support them when they do retarded stuff like this

Juan.©amaney

See, even Daddy can't back up that nonsense, that's just plain looney :speed:

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CD

It's the way the jello jiggles! That shit ain't right! Damn right the girl deserves the backhand of the law, and I hope she burns in hell!

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Jimi

Uhm...... whatever, I guess I'm not going to get into this one, except that it's 100x more stupid than the scissors thread.

Jimi

CD, I wasn't talking to you, I was responding to the thread. Sorry for the miscommunication.

Juana!

our tax dollars at work.... meanwhile the poor kids can not even add or divide... and they are worse in other areas... i looks like the purpose is to make a bunch of afraid kids that will never take decisions on life but are going to be afraid of authority always..

Jimi

LS1-S10

Sometimes when topics like this come to my attention, it makes me secound doubt my decision to bring a child onto this earth. Things are getting WAY outta hand.

HIJACKER

I think I know what the issue is..

Everyone wants power and everyone wants attention. Therefore.. if someone IN power can interpret a rule in a way that they can find a fine line to enforce it to an irrational level to bring themselves media attention, they consider it a success. Go figure, the people who are stupid enough to actually do this don't realize how fuckin retarded they will look once they get the media attention.

I can understand the intial concern seeing the "look-a-like" Jello shots, but.. after the teacher/principal checked to ensure everything is ok, that should've been the end of it. Testing the hair on a 8-year old child to see if they are a drug abuser and requiring her to take substance abuse classes are out of hand.

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RumSolvesAll

Man, I thought them suspending me for a week because I found a pair of wirecutters on the ground was stupid, but this takes the cake.

Jimi

Yeah, I was suspended because I found a lb. of pot on the ground!

LS1-S10

I was suspended for a week for having an empty pack of cigs in my car in 11th grade.