Two Burnettown fourth graders caught trying to sell pot at school
BURNETTOWN, S.C. - Police in Burnettown made an unusual drug bust: two fourth graders trying to sell pot at Jefferson Elementary. Police say half a dozen students saw the drugs before some of them told their teacher. Police Chief D.P. Smith says it's actually a good sign since the kids knew to report the drugs. He says there's no reason to believe this is anything more than an isolated incident. School officials say the two 10-year-old students should be expelled. But, that will have to be decided by the District's Advisory Council. It will be up to Aiken County's Family Court to decide if the two face criminal charges. The following comments do not necessarily represent the views of NBC Augusta 26 | news, weather, sports, community, entertainment, shopping for Augusta, Georgia. Users have agreed to these terms and in doing so accept full responsibility for their comments. Moderation is limited. Sunday, Feb 8 at 2:56 PM James Bong wrote ...Freeing the parents from such an atmosphere would be the first step, and an honest and factual drug education program would be the second. Inappropriate? Alert Us!Sunday, Feb 8 at 2:52 PM James Bong wrote ...down at the local Juvenile Court. Kids and drugs don't mix; kids are our futures as well as the prohibitionists', and we need to take very good care to see that all kids grow up in an atmosphere free from criminality, jail, exploitation, and ignorance. Freeing the parents from such an atmosphere would be the first step, and an honest and factual drug education program would be the second. Inappropriate? Alert Us!Sunday, Feb 8 at 2:50 PM James Bong wrote ...a proposition which even the most rabid prohibitionists would not want to get behind (I think! . I think this Juvenile Court is going to have to think long and hard to come up with a creative and appropriate solution for this case, and based on what I know of southern juvenile courts, it ain't gonna happen. Nevertheless, it NEEDS to happen, and it's something we in the pro-cannabis community need to examine as well as your local, fire-eating prohibitionists Inappropriate? Alert Us!Sunday, Feb 8 at 2:47 PM James Bong wrote ...Fourth graders have no business dealing or using drugs. Having said that, and having this question before us, what to do with these two? Obviously they deserve "A"'s in business, but I don't think that course was on offer in the 4th grade. And I think they'e obviously too young to prosecute as criminals. You can't have kids dealing drugs at school. However, if you expel these two from school, that's going to ensure that they deal drugs or commit worse crimes Inappropriate? Alert Us!Saturday, Feb 7 at 9:48 AM I'M A PARENT wrote ...MMMMM ,WHERE DID THEY GET THE POT FROM ?? MOM,DAD,SISTER,BROTHER,UNCLE,COUSIN, OR CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK INTO THE HOME ENVIRONMENT!! IF THEY TRIED TO SELL AT SCHOOL ?? MMMMM ,YOU WOULD THINK THAT'S THEIR AFTER SCHOOL EXTRA - CURRICULUM !! DFACS, GET OFF YOUR SORRY BUTTS AND DO YOUR JOB THAT YOU GET PAID TO DO !!! Inappropriate? Alert Us!Add a commentMost PopularMore Good Stuff |
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