Fast Times at Ellison High

  

 

I am going to open this week with a heads up for parents here in Killeen. First I want to point out I’m discussing a local (Killeen) issue involving schools, parents, and escalating problems with national implications so I don’t need any hall monitors saying I’m not on topic, adhering to the rules or posting anything that needs to be fact checked.

 

I will dispense with introductions because most of you know who I am. I will not mention what I do in my business because that’s not allowed and has no place here. Suffice to say that my interests occupy my time.

 

As you may or may not know, my grandson got into a situation recently at Ellison High School. As with similar situations there and indeed at many other schools in Texas it involved drugs. I’m sorry if I’m the first to have to tell you that kids do drugs. When I went to Killeen High way back when we drank beer. Ok! Now we have that out in the open. Justin is not a mental giant. He’s a follower. Consequently he followed his friends into the restroom where he found a vibrant drug trade that would rival any school in Watts.

 

The drug of choice is, of course marijuana. It is no longer in the form of the familiar joint we’ve all known since time immemorial but in vapes, oils and any number of methods used to ingest. Kids are actually charging the devices in the restroom. A culture of “V” Bucks supports a sub ecosystem that the staff, teachers, and security are apparently oblivious to. The smell pervades the entire school structure. If Jesus were to show up He’d turn over every table in the cafeteria and horsewhip the teachers.

 

A hearing was held in the Court of many words and Justin was found guilty, which he was. Before we allowed him to be sent to “Alternative School” the “Walmart” of the KISD drug trade we put him in a treatment center to wring him out. From there he will go to another treatment center and another until he realizes that his life is over as he knew it.

 

I do not have the time or patience to get involved with this. My point here is to tell you that’s there’s a problem. And the staff at Ellison will give you the tired old line of how they’re doing the best they can. Well, their best isn’t good enough. When a regular student cannot use the restroom for the smoke you have FAILED Mr Principal. You have fallen down on the job Ms Teacher. You have looked away Officer! So, this begs the question: What you gonna do?

 

Now I’ve told you, you know the situation, and if you don’t move on this I can only surmise that you support it. I myself have movies to make. I’m thinking about a new script. “Fast Times at Ellison High.”