Some might consider it one of the greatest pranks of all time: serving marijuana-infused treats to unsuspecting figures of authority.
But as one Fort Nelson high school student can tell you, such a prank can lead to some pretty major consequences, especially when that figure of authority happens to be your teacher.
On May 12, a staff member at Fort Nelson Secondary School filed a report with local RCMP after a teacher at the school who had eaten a homemade muffin from a student complained of feeling ill and needed to seek medical attention.
The student who gave the muffin to the teacher was subsequently suspended until the RCMP completed its investigation.
While the student will not face criminal charges for serving the laced muffin to a teacher, it’s unknown when they will be permitted to return to school, as the principal at Fort Nelson Secondary has put the case up for review with the District Discipline Review committee.
This type of suspension means that the student will remain suspended until the committee decides on further action. It is the most serious suspension a principal can issue.
The committee will decide on further punishment, which could include a longer suspension, drug and alcohol counseling, or expulsion.
In an interview with CBC, School District 81 Superintendent Diana Samchuck said the student’s choice to share a laced muffin with a teacher was ‘very, very unfortunate’, and called it a ‘serious offence’ that could have resulted in a motor vehicle accident, had the teacher unknowingly got behind the wheel.
Since the incident, teachers in the district have been advised ‘not to take food [from students] that isn’t coming in packages’.
