RW>I fought a quick hard battle with my local school.  My
  >daughter is asthmatic and needs to have her inhaler
  >with her at all times.  The school told me that she
  >would have to keep it in the office. I asked them what
  >would happen if she was out of the playground and went
  >into an attack?  They told me she'd have to jump though
  >hoops before she could leave the playground to get her
  >inhaler.  I told them that was not acceptable and I
  >wanted her to have it ON HER PERSON at all times.  They
  >told me that allowing students to carry DRUGS was
  >against the rules.
We've a very sad case here last week involving just such an incident.
The student, a male, was participating in ROTC drills when he began to
experience an asthma attack.  The Sergeant Major refused to allow him to
stop and get his inhaler.  The student collapsed while marching.
The very tragic end of the story was that he died before EMT's arrived.
They say that he had an unknown heart condition and that that was what
got him, but I see some very dark days ahead for the Sergeant Major, the
ROTC program, and the city school system.
I know that this does not relate directly to the `zero tolerance'
thread, but I can see how the end result could be the same when applied
in the academic environment.
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