Mansfield School Committee Upholds Constructive Possession Policy on Parties, Looks to Expand
Mansfield School Committee votes 4-1 to uphold previous decision to penalize student athletes for constructive possession.
The Mansfield School Committee, at the behest of committee member Jean Miller, reconsidered their vote from last meeting concerning Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association’s chemical health law. The law itself states that any student athlete that is found to be in possession of alcohol by police outside of normal school hours to be suspended from athletic games for a period determined by the principal. In May, the school committee voted 5-0 to add in the district’s enforcement policy that any student athlete found to be in constructive possession, in the presence of a large amount of alcohol with no parental supervision (basically a large party that was broken up by police), was in violation of the law. This rule only applies …
Tina Silverio
11:31 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
I agree with so much of what you're saying. I also believe that kids need to be aware of what's going around them, for their own safety's sake, nevermind any sports or police consequences. It's just common sense, and yes, I know a lot of kids don't have any when it comes to things like this. There are kids, though, who really don't want any part of that scene, and it would be a shame if they were… more ›