Originally Posted by Rep+
Thanks so much!
He's going to go to an expulsion officer and talk to him and explain to him what he's done and what steps he's taken towards making good decisions, blah blah. None of it matters, the school is still going to expel him either way. Now that doesn't mean he's gone forever, but he will be gone at least for a semester.
If your school works the same as mine then after one semester finishes he will have an opportunity to appeal his next semester of expulsion by submitting documents of work he's done that shows that he's taking the steps necessary for recovery and being able to re-integrate into his school, and this is especially true in the sense of this being a private school, my case was public.
If a school lets something like this go unpunished simply because of some words at a meeting, it will reflect extremely poorly on the school's reputation and they're not going to have it.
He's gonna get expelled, but that doesn't mean he'll be expelled for long. So long as he starts community service NOW, and begins a setup towards a drug recovery program (this is required) then they'll recognize it at the meeting and begin to set up the process of letting him back in. It's not going to be instant and he'll miss at least a semester, so don't hold high hopes that this meeting will blow it all off. That doesn't mean don't put effort into it though. What he needs to do is make a plan starting now with recovery and service to his community so they can go to the meeting and he can apologize and say that he's taking the steps he needs to so he can ensure he can come back to school and this won't happen.
It's no longer about his education but the jobs of the deans and the school's reputation, they can't let a bad egg back in unless they think the egg's good again. So make them sure of it.
