Barb Frank of The Imperfect Homeschooler recently wrote, “We've always been happy to teach our son with Down syndrome at home because if he were in school and someone abused him, he might not be able to tell us what happened. It never occurred to us that the school nurse might steal his medications and replace them with vitamins, which happened to at least one special needs child at this school!”  She then cited an item headlined “School nurse accused of stealing student's pills” by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. for WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC, on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, which reported that Teresa Sue Kennedy, 52, was arrested the previous Friday and charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery and embezzlement by an employee. She had been employed by the district for 15 years and worked at the Metro School, which serves cognitively disabled students.  The victim is a 19-year-old handicapped student who attends Metro School. Kennedy was his school nurse, and was supposed to administer and keep track of his Adderall, a drug used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder.  Police said another nurse in the school noticed the medication didn't resemble the pills the student should have been taking.  SBI agents and police worked on the case for months before charging Kennedy last Friday. The nursing board pulled her license in March.  (The Imperfect Homeschooler e-newsletter is published by Cardamom Publishers, PO Box 2146, Janesville, WI 53547. To learn more about homeschooling, or for homeschool encouragement, visit http://barbarafrankonline.com .)