re: Teacher fired for drinking in NOLA

This is not a typical HS choir. They have professional facilities, travel all over the place, and make their own recordings. It's a big, big deal. Quincy Jones is a Garfield High alum, and the auditorium is named after him, so I assume he's a financial backer. LINK

Sounds like they have a high standard of conduct for their choir and choir teacher. I don't have a problem with her termination.

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because Burton believed he was gay and not letting him hang out with girls was "discriminatory" because he was uncomfortable hanging out with the boys;

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Ingenious. This young man will go far.

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And there it is.

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Everyone was waiting for it.

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My thing is you are in charge of other people's children. Even though the meetings were "after hours", something could happen. A child could have a seizure, a fight could break out, an allergic reaction, etc. You just don't know. There are too many "ifs". If an emergency were to happen, you don't want to be slightly buzzed. Heck, personally, I would want to avoid the appearance of impropriety. I wouldn't want someone to question my judgment in an emergency, even if my judgment is still sound after a couple of drinks.

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This X's 1000.

You're responsible for the well-being of my child, you better be stone cold sober at all times.

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If these meeting were after curfew, I don't see a real issue. But I was one of the cub scout dads with a flask of rum labeled "soap", so I may be biased.

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While I understand your reasoning, see Sabi's point below:

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My thing is you are in charge of other people's children. Even though the meetings were "after hours", something could happen. A child could have a seizure, a fight could break out, an allergic reaction, etc. You just don't know. There are too many "ifs". If an emergency were to happen, you don't want to be slightly buzzed. Heck, personally, I would want to avoid the appearance of impropriety. I wouldn't want someone to question my judgment in an emergency, even if my judgment is still sound after a couple of drinks.

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It's one thing to assume risk when you are on vacation with your family. However, when you're in charge of other people's children AND breaking the clearly defined rules there is an issue. Sure, you likely weren't losing your inhibitions, or creating an unsafe situation. However, you've been entrusted with the wellbeing of someone else's children.

Granted, from your example, overnight Cub Scout events require an adult guardian be present for each boy. Nevertheless, what if one of the boys had tried to put out a fire with your "soap?" Stranger things have happened at Scout camp.

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My thing is you are in charge of other people's children. Even though the meetings were "after hours", something could happen. A child could have a seizure, a fight could break out, an allergic reaction, etc. You just don't know. There are too many "ifs". If an emergency were to happen, you don't want to be slightly buzzed. Heck, personally, I would want to avoid the appearance of impropriety. I wouldn't want someone to question my judgment in an emergency, even if my judgment is still sound after a couple of drinks.

This X's 1000. You're responsible for the well-being of my child, you better be stone cold sober at all times.

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God, what drama queens.

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Burton let male and female students hang out in each other's hotel rooms, contrary to policy. Parent chaperones are not supposed to drink on field trips, but the nightly chaperone meetings were held in the hotel bar

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shite..Wish I could have been in miss Burton's class.

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pretty much all of the kids dad's were sharing and (ii) I would not have bitched if they kicked me out on account of drinking when I wasn't supposed to be.

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That's how ours was, but with a buzkill for a leader. The main group of families camped together without the scouts anyway.

I think the main problem with the group from Seattle is that the wrong family's daughter got groped; people started asking questions and somebody had to take a fall. 2 drinks does no harm; but it gave the administrators an easy way to look like they were handling their business.