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So I am about to go to prom as a senior. This is for a high school dance. My principle has made a rule that students must be breathalyzed on the way in and the way out of the dance. It is understandable to be breathalyzed on the way in, but will students be penalized by refusing to be breathalyzed... View More 
answered on Mar 7, 2016
This is not a legal requirement, but apparently a local school policy (I assume it is not a district policy). It is possible that testing before entry in legal (under the logic that this is a private event), but this is open to a lot of interpretation. As for the testing before leaving, that seems... View More
I recently signed on with AFBC - a student loan forgiveness group (that is BBB certified with 1 review on BBB). They claim that they use lawyers to work through new student loan legislation in order to have mine forgiven after 10 years. However, I am worried that after 10 years my loans WON'T... View More
answered on Oct 14, 2015
These places are usually scams. For government loans there a very, very limited number of way to forgive some debt (the biggest being serving on active duty in a war zone)--there is NO 10 year rule that triggers forgiveness. Private loans never forgive debt. Bankruptcy only allows debt elimination... View More
My son is 5th gr. has been an unhealthy fixation for a fellow student (4 yrs now). This other child is labeled has having anger issues and therefor has an IEP. He has been a problem for students, teachers and school administrators. This child is a loner so my son tried to befriend him thinking... View More
answered on Oct 7, 2015
Go speak with the administration about these problems. If that does not get something resolved, go seek the advice of a local attorney.
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