its unfortunate that the shawnee mission school district has taken that policy. i believe that discipline should not be to punish kids but rather to change behavior. obviously you do have to punish kids to an extent in that. but if you give the one and done punishment the kid has little reason to not continue what he or she is doing. however if the first time serves as a wake up call there is a good chance the kid will change his behavior accordingly, which is what i believe the ultimate goal should be.

Side note: a young man named Ryan Lilja missed his Senior football season because of the Shawnee Mission alcohol policy. This Sunday he will start at left guard for the Colts in the super bowl.....no real point to that, just a bit interesting to see that it didnt have a negative impact on his career in the long run. in fact, who knows, it may have kept him from tearing up a knee or something...