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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – A 17-year-old North Andover High School student was stripped of her captain's position on the volleyball team and suspended for five games after she went to a party to pick up an intoxicated friend, reports The Boston Herald.
Erin Cox received a call from a friend, who was allegedly intoxicated, and asked her to pick her up from a party on Main Street in Boxford. Being a good friend, Erin went to pick her up, but instead met police just as they arrived at the house, the newspaper reports.
Authorities arrested a dozen underage drinkers and warned another 15 underage youth, including Erin Cox, that they would be summoned to court for drinking.
An officer at the scene vouched for Erin Cox's sobriety, but she was still summoned to court, stripped of her captain's position, and suspended.
Geoffrey Bok, the school's attorney, told the newspaper the school is trying to take a stand against teen drinking, which is a "serious problem."
Eleanor Cox, Erin's mother, has hired an attorney is and looking to fight the school's decision.
The cops CONFIRMED her sobriety.
It appears that the school would rather let the drinker pay whatever price heer actions would cost, be it arrest or death, than let a good samaritan help out a friend in need. The school and all those that make up the blanket rules must be held accountable for THEIR action instead!
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