It's a sad story. But it's not the school's fault:
A jury ruled Wednesday that a school district was negligent - but not responsible - for the alcohol-poisoning deaths of two 11-year-old boys who skipped class and died after drinking half a gallon of vodka.Jurors awarded no damages to the parents of Justin Benoist and Frankie Nicolai III, who sued the Ronan School District, alleging officials failed to notify them the boys had left school on Feb. 27, 2004.
It was the school's job to notify them of their child's absence. It was not the school's job to notify them of an absence before their 11-year-olds (!) could drink a half-gallon of vodka.
Posted by kswygert at March 6, 2006 03:46 PM