Recently some students from my school were on a choir trip (school organized) they signed permission slips that stated if they drank alcohol they would be sent home... two of the students had a sip of some alcohol and they were sent home (8 hours away driving) via jet, alone, and more importantly at THEIR expense. Does my school have the right to do this?
2007-04-01 16:30:17 · 10 answers · asked by Joel B 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
OK, so there's been a few answers and I need to rephrase this to...
does my school have the LEGAL right to send MINORS unattended on a 2 hour flight at their expense for violating a contract which isn't really a legal contract at all...
2007-04-01 16:40:14 · update #1
PS, I live in Canada so I guess that legal code is what matters
2007-04-01 16:41:38 · update #2
Frankly, I think it's funny that most of you assumed it was I who actually did this... Like a friend can't be concerned with the fact that this happened to someone else.
2007-04-01 16:52:13 · update #3
in response to rukidding:
No, I'm not studying law on the side of my fourth (decent guess though) year of high school... I'm taking it as a class, Law 30 and I'm pretty sure my textbook is slightly more knowledgeable than you when it says that a school permission slip is not a valid contract.
2007-04-01 16:54:49 · update #4
yes and all you can do is ***** about it
2007-04-01 16:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the school has the right to do this.
The permission slip is a contract. However it is a contract between the school and an individual (the parents) so there is a test of fairness with which it can be challenged, especially if the cost was not stated up front.
The rules exist to both protect the students and the school. If on school trips drinking is tolerated then then it can become a real tradition which gets out of hand.
But the school also has a duty of care. If they send a student home by themselves, unsupervised, then they are in violation of their duty of care. It would create a bigger problem if that something happenned to that child on the way home.
2007-04-01 23:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And how do you know it isn't a legal contract at all? Are you studying law on the side of your third year high school curriculum? THEY and/or their parents signed the paper agreeing to the terms. It stated that "if they drank alcohol they would be sent home." It doesn't say, according to you, that they would be escorted home or that the school would foot the bill. It says "they would be sent home." Those who drank the alcohol--I've never met a kid away from home on a group trip who took a "sip" of alcohol, but it was a good try to get us to agree with you--decided to test the rules that they agreed to before they left, got caught and sent home. Rather then defending those who got sent home for breaking the rules they agreed to, perhaps you should be angry with them for making things difficult for the rest of the kids who played by the rules. There are schools and sports teams in the States who just don't think it's worth it to takes kids overnight anywhere. If someone sues your school to protest this, I bet that's what would happen with your school, too. And wouldn't that be a shame that the good kids would suffer because of the stupid ones?
2007-04-01 23:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question has two possible answers. If the "school" you are talking about is a university or college, and the students sent home were adults, then yes, the school has every right to exclude the students and force them to return. As adults, they had a choice. If the "students" are in high school and under the age of 18, I would look into the issue further because if you are sending someone on a public carrier (jet plane) then someone has to be responsible for the minors whilst they are travelling.
2007-04-01 23:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by mbaltusk 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes--the school had every right. The school was legally "in loco parentis"--that is, while on the trip, they stood in the place of your parents. And for minors to drink is illegal anywhere. The school had given prior notification--which they aren't required to do legally--and their rules were ignored. And under the law, the students--actually their parents--are liable for such expenses--not the school.
The students--and you--need to learn the lesson: if you do something wrong, you have to take the consequences. Welcome to the real world.
2007-04-01 23:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They violated the rules.
2007-04-01 23:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by William B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the school clearly stated that if anyone drank they would get sent home.
seems like a case closed to me.
2007-04-01 23:35:27 · answer #7 · answered by ~LoVe~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well yes because it is considered a privilege to go on such a trip and you must follow the rules
2007-04-01 23:34:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you signed your name to the paper and agreed you guys wouldnt be drinking alcohol and understood the punishment if you did... you shouldnt drink
2007-04-01 23:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by jenks1545 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
skools r gangsta gangsta these days. wat choo gonna do bout it! huh? thats wat i thout! punk!
2007-04-01 23:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋