"The faculty's not a big drinking group, and so we had the mixed margarita together -- the tequila and the mix... The majority of the kids pushed it away, saying, 'We don't like the smell,' and didn't even taste it."

I am proud of the kids. Anyone who drinks premixed margaritas prolly also drinks diesel. Shame on the teachers.

Teachers probably used some cheap ass tequila like "Cuervo" ...

/prefers Herradura

my computer is stuck on yesterday oh no

How come cool crap like that couldn't happen when I was in grade school?

But on the first day of school, the milk supply ran out after two lunch periods, so students were served what an employee thought was limeade.

Yeah, right. Sounds like "an employee" was having a bit of fun.

Pour, mix, regurgitate.

OMG It's an epidemic!

WTF!!!!@@@@22223332

/repeat
//Also thinks the kids should've started out with vodka or schnapps

You know wha your prolem ish...you dont share your toysh...ya' bashtard.

ScottMpls

I doubt the kids were tequila snobs, like yourself. Kids usually only like food that is square or shaped like a cartoon character - not exactly liquor connoisseurs.

I used to play that school in basketball. That's crazy, that school is right by my house. Small world.

Hornitos! It's the only way to fly.

Jimmy Buffett wanted for questioning.
/never knew the P in PTA stood for Parrotheads

I love how they talk about 'exposure' to alcohol. Its not like they just got Cholera or anything.

/overreaction rules.

The funniest part about this is that the school in question is one of the D.C. area's elite private institutions. I just to live just down the road from it.

/would have sent my kids there if we'd stayed in the neighborhood and I made 3x what I do now.

EXPOSURE TO PRE-MIXED MARGARITAS!!!

WHAT TIME WILL THE GRIEF COUNSELORS BE HERE??!!!??

Wow, parent group leader stated it was an unfortunate accident and there was no word of lawsuits. What is this world coming to when the elite won't sue over an incident that harmed no one.

What happened to this story yesterday? I was reading it at work, and by the time I got home the thread had vanished from Fark. Did the whole thing get banninated for some reason?

I'm surprised they actually allowed the teachers to have alcohol in the school to begin with, whether or not kids were present. Most workplaces don't allow it because of liability, especially something like a school.

Mary Kay Latorneau wanted for questioning...

School officials say they acted quickly, checking students' medical and religious records to insure there weren't problems.

Wow. Let's all make a big deal over kids taking a sip of a mixed drink. Dumbass uptight parent assholes.

Vuja-de folks, this is a repeat.

At least it wasn't Zima.

The Smoking Gun is there: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0929043limeade1.html

/html no worky for me

If you read the letter the students brought home, you'll see it says the margaritas came from a "before-school" faculty get-together? Unless things have changed since I was a kid, school starts around 8 am. Who the fark is drinking margaritas before 8 am?

/I mean besides me.

I'm assuming this was on taco day, with teh good cinammon rolls?

before school = days prior to the opening of school.

But still, this is a workplace, and there's no way any school I've ever worked in would allow alcohol on site, school in or out. Liability's too great. A teacher can't even have a pocket knife.

Bag of Wank If you read the letter the students brought home, you'll see it says the margaritas came from a "before-school" faculty get-together? Unless things have changed since I was a kid, school starts around 8 am. Who the fark is drinking margaritas before 8 am?

My impression was that "before school" meant in the days before school started. Teachers went a week or two early to set up the rooms, and a day or two before school started, they had a party.

where were gaffes like this during my childhood years in the 80's?

Damn you Qermaq

Happened at my bro's house. They would serve kids the mixer alone for "virgin" margs. At my niece's party, they were serving the kiddies until they realized that they'd bought mix with the booze inside.

DOH!

Nap time got an early start that day...

/followed by wakeup with cottonmouth

You know it might increase attendance in high schools...

I hate it when news agencies use "insure" when they should use "ensure."

/old-school grammar

Will the students be suspended for being exposed to alcohol?

No mention of the class project? A distillery maybe?

In a later press statement, School Nurse Ratchet said that the children had not taken their afternoon Pedialudes[tm] and so were not in risk of dangerous alcohol/med interactions.

OK kids, everytime President Bush says "weapons of mass destruction" everyone has to take a shot

mthiel

Will the students be suspended for being exposed to alcohol?

If this was at one of those 'zero-tolerance' public schools they probably would have been arrested and expelled. Executed even!

dooder0001

School officials say they acted quickly, checking students' medical and religious records to insure there weren't problems.

Wow. Let's all make a big deal over kids taking a sip of a mixed drink. Dumbass uptight parent assholes.

dooder0001.. if you RTFA, you'd know that they parents are not being uptight and assholes. There is a quote in the article from the essentially the President of PTA who praised the school for being honest right up front...

Does anyone but me find it odd that the teachers had a pitcher of margaritas in the back of the fridge large enough to serve 3, count em 3 grades of school kids. My god that pitcher must have been the size of VW.

I would only worry about those kids who slammed it down and went back for more.

Bottoms up.

Most kids and animals will turn up their noses at booze by default.

/adults lose their ability to know better

When asked "Who is to blame for the margaritas being served?"

Prinicipal Buffett merely replied "Some people claim there's a woman to blame but I know its my own damn fault."

Unavailable for comment

Cody

Logan: "Any beer around here?"

Bobby: "Logan, this is a school."

Logan: "So that's a 'no' then?"

Bobby: "That's a 'no'."

Margaritas and nachos? Margaritas and nachos? Are either of those mexican? Any Mexican farkers want to clear this up?

Actually, its kinda funny. And yes, as a mother of two, I can say that! And if it had happened to them, oh well, no biggie :) Live and learn.