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Copied with correction Please pass this on even if you do not have kids in school. Parents should know about this drug. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks (Pop rocks are candy that sizzles and pops in your mouth.).  This is a new drug known as 'strawberry quick '. It also smells like strawberry, and it is being handed out to kids in schoolyards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry quick. Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy, and being rushed off to the hospital in dire condition. It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape, and orange. Please instruct your children not to accept candy from strangers, and even not to accept candy that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it with the belief that its candy), and to take any that they may have immediately to a teacher, principal, or someone they trust.

Parents or Guardian, how many of you would like your child(ren)'s public-school district to begin a new school year "after" Labor Day?  There are many reasons why such a school district approach may not be so bad after all: More vacation time for school staff (who may not have worked during the summer months), children, and the short decrease of school building wear and tear (summer cooling equipment or none at all); More opportunities for school-age children to participate with external school projects and activities; and, The lack of disruption of having to take a mini vacation from new teachers, after the first few days of a  new academic year. Better yet, another question, would you rather have year-round public school buildings within your local community? This would require more frequent calendar vacations, perhaps every month. Traditional school vacations would be shortened to accommodate. Teachers would be required to work such calendar scheduling. I wo