School Suspends Crying Son Of Murdered Man Because His Eyes Were Red

[MedicalNeed]

A high school in the town of Trophy Club, TX suspended a 16-year-old boy because he came to school with bloodshot eyes. School administrators say that's enough to make the case he was using marijuana.

When the boy's mother called the school to explain that the boy had been crying because his father had been murdered, the school said the boy could return to school, provided the boy pass a drug test.

He took the test, and was allowed to return to school.

The boy's mother says she is trying to get the district to remove the suspension from his permanent record. Administrators told her she must go through the formal appeals process for that to happen.

And that's how it works in the happy hamlet of Trophy Club, TX.

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[Propa Gator]

Pity he wasn't offered a piss test before presumptive discipline.
Guilt, by accusation. Trial by ordeal is next.
Crying eyes? Not allowed in Trophy Club, Texas.
For crying out loud.

 

[Tammy Wood]

More like pity the mother allowed the piss test at all!?!

 

[G-Dog]

Nice way to sympathize with the boy who cried over losing his father.

First things first though... Suspend him on a suspicion and then pass on their condolences.