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Update: Weber Seeks Public's Help After Pot Incident

Principal: We need the community's help and support.

The sent an email on Tuesday to parents of parents, alerting them to a drug sale that took place at school.

Principal Marilyn Rodahan urged parents to speak with their children Tuesday evening about this issue. She also encouraged parents to partner with her and her staff to let students “know that their health and safety is critical,” adding that if it is known that “anyone or anything" is "jeopardizing the students” at Weber, they should let someone know. The staff, she said, would continue to be vigiliant. 

Rodahan later told Patch that, "Although this is a national problem we are taking it very seriously and need the community's help and support."

"As a school community, we are committed to continuing to be vigilant and take proactive steps to address issues that threaten the well-being of our children," she added.

Anyone wishing to report a concerning incident can do so anonymously through ReportIt.com.

Cathy May 30, 2012 at 06:53 pm
As a Port Washington parent I find this matter very troubling. How could an incident happen? I hope this matter is handled to the fullest extent!
Wandell Thomas May 30, 2012 at 07:34 pm
Im pretty sure the district didnt want this to get out. All parents should be furious!!
Democracy May 30, 2012 at 07:40 pm
How many kids were suspended and for how long?? Selling drugs is a very serious crime. Where did these kids purchase these drugs from??? Were the police called in?? Were the students arrested???
Democracy May 30, 2012 at 07:44 pm
We need a younger generation of authority figures in our school system. They are all out of touch with reality. If this administration was a on the ball they would realize the big problem of alcohol and drugs in our middle school and high school.
Dahlia Omega May 30, 2012 at 07:54 pm
I hope the school district immediately called the police and had these criminals arrested.
JohnC May 30, 2012 at 08:06 pm
How could pot be available in Middle school?... Was this your question? Cathy you are a moron. The school did a very positive thing by informing everyone. Don't nervous Nellie yourself out of the Big Picture here...and by the way what "fullest extent" would you like to see happen to these kids?
Dawn Andrew May 30, 2012 at 08:12 pm
I was upset, but not at all shocked. It is a good opportunity to further educate kids about the dangers of drugs.
Democracy May 30, 2012 at 08:46 pm
Wait a minute they were selling drugs. That is a crime....
JohnC May 30, 2012 at 09:51 pm
Exactly Dawn !!...An 8th grade kid made a poor choice yesterday. Bring up the topic at home and discuss ways to prevent this happening to them. What the school did was great.
Cathy May 30, 2012 at 10:54 pm
@johnc you know calling names will NOT resolve the situation at hand. Fullest extent means these children need to be suspended at the least.
malcolm kyle May 31, 2012 at 08:04 am
When defending their dangerous and counter-productive war on (some) drugs, prohibitio­nists often cite our obligation to 'The Children', but prohibition­ has made all of these 'at present illegal' substances available in schools, and even prisons. So how has that helped our kids?
Prohibition­ has also raised gang warfare to a level not seen since the days of alcohol bootleggin­g in the United States. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has creating a prison-for­-profit synergy with evil drug lords and terrorists. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has removed many of our cherished and important civil liberties. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has put many previously unknown and contaminate­d drugs on our streets. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has escalating Murder, Theft, Muggings, and Burglaries­. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has overcrowd­ing the courts and prisons, thus making it increasing­ly impossible to curtail the people who are really hurting and terrorizing­ others. How has that helped our kids? Prohibition­ has evolved local street gangs into transnatio­nal enterprise­s with intricate power structures that reach into every corner of society, controlling­ vast swaths of territory, and with significant social and military resources at their disposal. How has that helped our kids?
malcolm kyle May 31, 2012 at 08:06 am
Here is part of the testimony of Judge Alfred J Talley, given before the Senate Hearings of 1926:
"For the first time in our history, full faith and confidence in and respect for the hitherto sacred Constitution of the United States has been weakened and impaired because this terrifying invasion of natural rights has been engrafted upon the fundamental law of our land, and experience has shown that it is being wantonly and derisively violated in every State, city, and hamlet in the country." "It has made potential drunkards of the youth of the land, not because intoxicating liquor appeals to their taste or disposition, but because it is a forbidden thing, and because it is forbidden makes an irresistible appeal to the unformed and immature. It has brought into our midst the intemperate woman, the most fearsome and menacing thing for the future of our national life." "It has brought the sickening slime of corruption, dishonor, and disgrace into every group of employees and officials in city, State, and Federal departments that have been charged with the enforcement of this odious law." http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/HISTORY/e1920/senj1926/judgetalley.htm
malcolm kyle May 31, 2012 at 08:07 am
The main paragraphs from the address of His Eminence, Cardinal Dougherty, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, to the Catholic societies of the Archdiocese on New Year's Day 1931:
"Having heard the report on behalf of the members of the Total Abstinence Society, it occurs to me to say that when the law prohibiting alcoholic drink was passed, many thought that there would be no further need for our temperance or total-abstinence societies. Hence the practice of giving a pledge against intoxicating liquors to boys and girls at Confirmation was discontinued. There seemed to be no need of it." "But, unfortunately. Prohibition has not performed the miracles that were expected. According to experts, such as judges, public officials, social service workers, and others, there is as much, perhaps even more, drunkenness and intemperance today than before the passage of the Volstead Act." "When in the past did we see young men and women of respectable families carrying a flask of liquor when going to social events? When did we see young girls, not yet of age, drinking in public, perhaps to excess, cocktails and the strongest kind of intoxicating liquors, and perhaps being overcome by them? That, today, is not an uncommon sight." 
malcolm kyle May 31, 2012 at 08:08 am
According to DrugRehabs.Org, national mortality figures for 2009 were: tobacco 435,000; poor diet and physical inactivity 365,000; alcohol 85,000; microbial agents 75,000; toxic agents 55,000; motor vehicle crashes 26,347; adverse reactions to prescription drugs 32,000; suicide 30,622; incidents involving firearms 29,000; homicide 20,308; sexual behaviors 20,000; all illicit drug use, direct and indirect 17,000; and marijuana 0.
Researchers led by Professor David Nutt, a former chief drugs adviser to the British government, asked drug-harm experts to rank 20 drugs (legal and illegal) on 16 measures of harm to the user and to wider society, such as damage to health, drug dependency, economic costs and crime. Alcohol scored 72 out of a possible 100, far more damaging than heroin (55) or crack cocaine (54). It is the most harmful to others by a wide margin, and is ranked fourth behind heroin, crack, and methamphetamine (crystal meth) for harm to the individual. You probably consume alcohol every day. It's a drug that's clearly more dangerous than cocaine. The only difference between you and a crack-head is the time-period we live in.
Jennifer Scotto-Robinson May 31, 2012 at 03:50 pm
Malcom, your posts are RIDICULOUS. Someone please delete them as they don't belong here. As for the subject of drugs in middle school, I am not shocked either, and hope that the seller was dealt with accordingly. COMMUNICATION is the key in EDUCATING our children about use, misuse, and abuse of drugs! This is not a laughing matter and people need to take it more seriously (not directed at people here). :-/
Archie Bunker May 31, 2012 at 05:56 pm
Town is too small for any secrets
If you have kids going to Weber / Schrieber you know who was involved
Ben May 31, 2012 at 06:56 pm
You can bet that a number of kids at Weber have parents who smoke marajuania in front of them at home.
Get with the program people wake up and smell the coffee - or the 420.
Adina Genn (Editor) May 31, 2012 at 07:53 pm
Weigh in on how the community can proactively help students decide against drugs http://patch.com/A-tGtz
Average Port June 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm
That is part of the problem. One can not blame the school entirely. Drug education starts at home. This problem has been an issue on and off for over 40 years in the schools. So the best thing is to be vigilant ot the issue and just deal with it head on instead of pointing fingers.
Steve Single June 8, 2012 at 02:58 pm
As a taxpayer, I wonder why I am forced to pay taxes that are used to support a school system that I would never in a million years send my children to. We're spending something like $27,000 per year PER STUDENT to provide them with a miseducation and unfettered access to drugs?

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