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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Milford schools rethinking policies on alcohol, drugs

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
MILFORD — The Board of Education is helping write a new alcohol, drugs and tobacco policy that will, for the first time, make social service programs available to affected students immediately.

School board members recently held a lengthy discussion about the current policy, and Majority Leader Greta Stanford, D-1, asked that suspensions for a first offense be cut from 10 to five days.

Several administrators objected to the proposal, but supported a new policy that would make social service programs available to students immediately after an offense. According to the proposal, a suspended student will be required to come to school at 2:30 p.m. for each of the 10 days and begin a program aimed at seeking help. The current policy only refers students to counseling once their out-of-school suspension is over, and it is not required.
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