MVHS students cited, suspended for marijuana edibles
Seven Mountain View High School students have been cited, one arrested and an undisclosed number of students have been suspended after marijuana edibles were shared at school this week, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Bend police Lt. Clint Burleigh confirmed seven students were cited for minors in possession, while one minor was arrested on a charge of delivering marijuana. The school district would not confirm how many students were suspended due to the incident.
Mountain View freshman Destiny Flack talked Wednesday with NewsChannel 21, along with her father. She said a friend offered her a cookie Tuesday morning while at school. She said she’s been friends with the student since the beginning of the school year and she took the cookie, no questions asked.
Once class began, she said, she was asked to come to the principal’s office, where she was informed the cookie she ate and the one in her bag contained marijuana. Destiny said she had no idea.
James Craft, Destiny’s father, said, “When we moved to Oregon (from Kansas), with things (marijuana) being legal here, more so than other states, we’ve educated her on the dangers, and she understood ahead of time what everything was.”
That made it hard for him when he arrived at school to sit and watch as his daughter was read her rights.
“Once I got in there, the officer read my daughter her Miranda rights, and then turned around and gave her a citation for consumption of marijuana products.”
Destiny was suspended for 10 days.
Destiny recounted the side effects she felt from eating the cookie, once they got home.
“When it hit me, I felt a little fuzzy and off balance,” she recalled. “I felt like I was about to have an anxiety attack and the walls were caving in on me.”
Craft said his daughter has never acted like this. “She’s never been like this. She’s straight A’s and B’s. She works hard, got a job on her own merit.”
But more than that, he’s concerned to send her back to school, once her suspension is over.
“How can I send my child back here and know that she’s safe from somebody who wants to give her something and not tell her what it is?” he wondered. “What happens next time, when it’s PCP?”
We reached out to the school district to find out how they handle these types of situations. The district responded with a statement that read:
“School discipline is intended to ensure a positive learning environment for all students. Disciplinary consequences are designed to be progressive and appropriate for the situation.”
