A middle school student in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania was recently given a 3-day suspension for bringing something to school. Drugs? A knife? A gun? Pornography? No, no, no, and no. She was suspended for bringing and sharing Jolt Gum to school.
Stimulants are prohibited from the school and Jolt Gum was said to be “a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality,” said Burrell School District Superintendent Amy Palermo. Products acting as a stimulant are prohibited and possessing them is grounds for disciplinary action, and the suspension was mainly based on the girl’s decision to share the gum, she said.
In case you were wondering, no, they don’t sell caffeinated sodas at the school. They have soda machines, but they aren’t turned on during school hours and drinks containing caffeine aren’t sold in the lunchroom.
Amazing. She gets three days of suspension for sharing caffeine gum at school – I wonder if she would have gotten in this much trouble if she brought in some mega-caffeinated Starbucks’s drink and offered her friend a drink? What if she brought in Foosh Mints – would she be expelled?
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