My son goes to a school that requires exams to attend. It is not a private school but you do have to pay for certain things. We moved him from his inner city high school to this one as we hoped it would be a better environment, boy was I wrong. It is a highly sort after school, set in lovely countryside and is hugely over subscribed every year.
At his previous high school as far as I know kids just used vapes.
My son is very open with me and tells me everything so this is how I know what's going on.
Before i list the names of what is being taken, please excuse my naivity. I have no idea what they are and i will probably give them the wrong name.
Obviously there is vape use at this new school but son says they are not normal vapes, they contain majurana.
These are openly used on the school bus and in and around school when they get the chance.
They have something called Snus which i believe is a tobacco that you pack in your mouth. Kids are using this all the time, even in lessons.
The worst is something beginning with a T. This is a pill that is being taken in school. I forget it's name but we've looked it up and it's awful! It can cause hallucinations and psychosis.
A few months ago a girl had a psychotic episode within school and had to be taken away. This was caused by that drug.
I know the school are trying to deal with it. They lock all of the toilets. They have police and outside agencies coming in to give talks. And last week, they had police come in with sniffer dogs, lined all the kids up and had them searched.
Parents were not informed about this and have never been informed about any drug issues.
I am very concerned about this. There are kids on site during the day who are high on drugs . How can this be allowed to happen? I want to contact the principal but husband has told me to leave it and they are obviously trying to deal with it.
If we had known about these issues we wouldn't have sent our son there.