NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An 8-year-old girl is serving a nine-day elementary school suspension for bringing to school what appeared to be about 30 "Jell-O shots," though it was unclear whether they contained alcohol, a Jefferson Parish schools spokesman said.
The incident occurred Nov. 29, as the girl stood after classes outside Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School in Terrytown, a New Orleans suburb, schools spokesman Jeff Nowakowski said. A teacher spotted liquid dripping out of the student's bookbag, looked inside and found what looked like the small cups of alcohol-laced gelatin that are sold in bars, Nowakowski said.
The girl told Principal Dorothy Bailey that her mother, who works in a bar, makes alcoholic shots at home and sells them at work. The fourth-grader said her mother had instructed her to take the shots to school and sell them, three for $1, "to make some money for Christmas,'" Nowakowski said.
The shots were turned over to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, which will test them to see if they contain alcohol.
The girl was suspended for violation of two school rules: possession of a "lookalike," or something that appears to contain drugs or alcohol; and possession of such an item with intent to distribute to other students. Under the system's "lookalike" rule, the girl's suspension will stand no matter what the sheriff's department finds.
"The school system's position is, it doesn't matter if it had alcohol in it or not," Nowakowski said.
The names of the girl and her mother were not released.
School system rules also require that mother and daughter undergo an interview with school officials and a three-hour counseling session. The mother must also allow school officials to test her daughter's hair for signs of drug use, Nowakowski said.
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