Blanket Policies and Dishonest Hygiene

So.  About a week ago, Will started complaining of a painful vibration in his front tooth when he plays higher notes on his baritone.  It is the tooth that is almost all crown.  I set up a dentist appointment to see if we could find out what was going on.

The tooth under the crown is dying.  The dentist said it is not uncommon for the tooth to die, even years later, when it experiences a blunt force trauma; as his did back when he was 11.  Now, three years later, it is dying.  Grrr!

Will is scheduled for a root canal next Tuesday.  In the meantime, the dentist gave him an antibiotic to reduce the infection and inflammation so the vibration will lessen and the root canal can go more smoothly.  Apparently the vibration is from fluid buildup where the nerve is dying.

The problem?  The antibiotic he prescribed is supposed to be taken 4 time a day.  That means he really should be taking one at lunch time... at school.

The school has a VERY strict no-drugs policy.  No drugs on the student, that is.  He cannot simply keep the pill with him and take it at lunch.  No.  He has to leave it in the office WITH a signed doctors note, or I can go to the school at lunch time and give it to him.

We don't have a signed doctors note (or dentist, in this case).  I work, so I will not be coming in to give him his pill, either.  PHOOEY!

I understand the need to keep students from peddling illegal and/or prescription meds to each other.  I do.  But is seems that this blanket policy is more trouble than it is worth.  Especially since the more savvy students simply don't tell the office that they have their Midol (or whatever) in their pocket/purse/backpack.  Laws about unreasonable search and seizure protect them as long as they don't advertise to the world what is in their backpack.  Helena keeps a small pharmaceutical in her backpack to deal with chronic allergies, PMS, and the random cold. 

So, do I wish Will had kept his antibiotics to himself and not told the office about it?  You bet! 

Now, about dishonest Hygiene.  You were probably wondering what in the world that might be?

I am talking about stealing tampons!

The ladies room at work has a cupboard in it that teachers use for storing their tampons in during their cycle.  I always bring enough (in a Ziploc baggy with my name on it) to make it through the week.

I always run out before the end of the week.  Today, I discovered that someone had taken my LAST tampon and thrown away the baggy with my name on it!  REALLY?!?!  Are we adults here, or junior high students?!  I commented on it to a couple of friends who were in the bathroom with me and they quickly came to my rescue, each offering me one of theirs.  But, they also mentioned that they face the same problem of disappearing supplies.  I ended up mentioning it to the head secretary and she said she would send out an e-mail to all the female faculty reminding them to bring their own supplies.

Double phooey and a Harumph!