Students Suspended For Inhaling Helium Baloons

[Champ]

When two students in Gilbert decided to have some fun with helium balloons, they got more than squeaky giggles.

They got suspended.

Greenfield Junior High Principal Jill Bowers issued five-day suspensions Friday, but later reduced them to one day, according to the father of one of the girls.

He said his 13-year-old daughter and her friend inhaled the helium in order to "talk funny" while setting up for a school dance.

"If it's such a dangerous substance . . . why weren't they supervised? I think they went a little bit overboard and took the zero-tolerance policy to the extreme," the father said. "The principal needs to use some common sense and judgment."

http://www.azcentral.com/families/education/articles/0929gr-heliumZ12.html

[XanaDUer]

1. Jesus.

Haven't we all done this at one time?

(LibertyChick-who is glad she grew up a looooong time ago.)

[demnan]

3. Really

what kind of fascists are running the schools these days anyway?

What 13 year old girl doesn't collapse in the giggles anyway at least resistance and with helium balloons? That's more than you could ask them to deal with sensibly.

[arwalden]

2. This Ranks Right Up There With The STUPIDITY Of...

... expelling a student for bring a one-half-inch long GI-Joe toy gun (or some such ultra-mini action figure gun) to school.