OUR COURT DATE WAS RESCHEDULED BECAUSE THE POLICE DIDN'T SUBMIT SOME EVIDENCE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FOR A FEW OF THE ARRESTS THEY MADE.  WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO COURT ON FEB.6TH. - ANOTHER TWO WEEKS!  HIS LAWYER ASKED ME IF WE WANTED ANYTHING FROM THE COURT AND I SAID YES.....A PROBATION OFFICER.  INSTEAD T-MAN WAS PUT ON HOUSE ARREST.  ALTHOUGH WE ARE TOLD WE ARE NOT THE ONES ON HOUSE ARREST......WHY IS IT DO WE FEEL WE ARE?  IF I HAD KNOWN THIS IS THE "SUPPORT" WE WERE GOING TO GET -- I WOULD HAVE SAID.....NO THANK YOU.  I KNOW I SHOULD LET THIS GO AND I WILL BUT I NEED TO VENT FIRST.  A NEW FRIEND OF MINE (HER SON IS FRIENDS W/ MY SON) TOLD ME THAT A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OUR BOYS WAS TOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL THAT HE NEEDS TO STAY AWAY FROM HER SON AND MY SON.  HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE RESPECT TO SAY MY SON'S FIRST NAME.  MIND YOU....MY SON HASN'T EXACTLY BEEN THE MODEL CITIZEN, AS OF LATE, BUT I FEEL IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL AND UNPROFESSIONAL FOR HIM TO SAY THAT TO A FELLOW STUDENT - GOSSIPING AND SPEAKING ILL OF ANOTHER STUDENT.  FIRST OF ALL, ALTHOUGH HE'S BROKEN SOME RULES BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND ONCE WAS DISRESPECTFUL BY SIGNING A PAPER DISRESPECTFULLY, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL TO THE STAFF AND TEACHERS.  I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.  WHEN WE MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEAR TO FIGURE THINGS OUT HE COMMENTED ABOUT WHAT GOOD PARENTS WE ARE.....THAT OUR SON IS NOT A REFLECTION OF US.  I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY BUT IT SEEMS HE DOES NOT SEPARATE THE DRUG PROBLEM FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL.  THIS PRINCIPAL HAS THE REPUTATION OF LABELING KIDS AND ONCE HE DOES, THEY NEVER SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT FROM UNDER IT.  IT'S HAPPENED TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH OTHER PEOPLE - FROM WHAT I HEAR.  NOW THAT I HAVE THAT OFF MY CHEST I FEEL BETTER.  ALTHOUGH I WOULDN'T CONFRONT THE PRINCIPAL ON THIS ....MY FRIEND IS BECAUSE SHE AND HER SON HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.  THEY ARE NO LONGER LIVING IN OUR TOWN BUT HER SON STILL "CHILLS" WITH MY SON AND FRIENDS.  **THE UP SIDE....THE PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN, AT LEAST, TO OUR FACES SUPPORTIVE.  I DON'T REALLY RESPECT HIM AND, FORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM BUT THE ASST. PRINCIPAL - WHO I HIGHLY RESPECT.  DONE .........  ***oh - just got off the phone with my friend who talked to the principal......he apologized.  Silly of me to focus on something so trivial but sometimes the little things are easier to fuss over.