Re: the requirement that the state *provide* an education

In article 
<fa8385b0-9d36-4948-a380-44887abaa2d7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Beliavsky <beliavsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> If parents are using illegal drugs but are not directly involving the
> child in their activities (for example by having the child take drugs
> or buy the drugs), I am uncomfortable with calling in the police
> because of what a child says or because of his/her appearance.

It is your prerogative, as a private citizen, to judge whether to call the

police or welfare people about this.  I am a public servant who works with

minors, and therefore a 'mandatory re****ter'.  The apparently stoned 6yo
would 
fall into the category for mandatory re****ting.  In fact, I think a doctor

should have been called as the child was not fully conscious.

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