Report: Parents upset with crackdown over marijuana at northern Colorado school

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GREELEY, Colo. — Parents at a private school in Greeley are upset with the response by administrators to reports of the use and sale of marijuana by students and they are demanding a meeting with school officials.

According to records obtained by the Greeley Tribune, parents sent emails to administrators at University Schools complaining about what they called interrogation-style interviews and the search of student cellphones at the K-12 public charter school located in Greeley School District 6.

The University Schools Board of Governors will hold a special meeting Monday to determine if policy changes need to be made.

Administrators said the searches are necessary to keep the school safe.

The crackdown began with a report of a student selling cocaine and marijuana. An investigation by the school indicated there were other incidents of wrongdoing, including allegations that student-athletes were present at a party where alcohol and marijuana were used....

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