Article March 7, 2016 Issue

Not guilty!

Roxanna Demers

“Bring your school bag and all of your personal belongings with you.”

It was junior year and the middle of third period. Why was I being called out of class by a school administrator?

I was a good kid. I had never been searched before. But when I got to the office, they told me they’d received a tip from a “credible source” alleging that I had been selling/distributing controlled substances to fellow students on school grounds. At the end of the search, they concluded that I had nothing on me, but I still felt as if I hadn’t been totally exonerated. I wanted to be completely free from any doubt or question.

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