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A friend of mine in high school always parked at the city park across the street from the school, as many students that smoked did. They had cigarettes legally (being 18), but they couldn't have them on school grounds.

One day, the dogs came and flagged his car on a rare day that he parked on school property. The officers found several flakes of partially-burnt marijuana on the passenger seat, issued him a citation for marijuana possession, and the school gave him three weeks of AEP (Alternate Education Program, which is somewhat like prison).

His father took him that afternoon to Brenham to get a drug test. He was negative for all illegal substances. They went to the prosecutor and showed this to him. After he looked at the evidence, he said my friend shouldn't have even been issued a citation, since there wasn't near enough to have a usable amount, and it's doubtful that it was even his. It's more likely someone had it on their clothes and he gave them a ride.

He spent two of the three weeks he was sentenced in AEP, with many students getting very upset that he was being punished by the school when the law wouldn't even punish him. We had our own sort of "Save Ferris" campaign, and, after two appeals (first to principal, second to superintendant) with only one day removed from his punishment, they did a third-level appeal to the school board and they released him immediately. He told me one of them said something along the lines of "Why is this kid even in trouble again?"

Due to all of this, I didn't park on school property my senior year. They made a rule in the student code of conduct that students had to park on campus during school hours, and I was told several times to move. I went to the principal and told her they had no jurisdiction, and she agreed after trying to argue they did. She tried to tell me their cameras could see if something happened to my car, and I just started laughing. Their cameras can't see ten feet in front of them, and the "This is for your protection" line is just about as cliche as it gets.

Long story short, she offered to buy me a parking pass (Yes, it was $5 to park on the grounds our parents payed for), and I declined. It came up in conversation when talking to my dad once, and he told me he was going to check, and he would take away the car if I wasn't parked on school grounds. He didn't think it was respectful to challenge authority when they hadn't done anything to me. I get where he's coming from as a prominent member of the community. Needless to say, I parked at school, moving the car every day from lot to lot so they had a tough time noticing I didn't have a pass.

Sorry for the long story. I was wondering if I'd get a chance to tell that here. This seemed somewhat relevant.

P.S. There was also a week when I was home completely alone (my parents were on an anniversary trip) that I kept a loaded weapon (or more than one) on me at all times at home, and I carried a little Baby Browning in the car with me. I parked it at school. I didn't believe it to be legal then (which apparently it was), but I was convinced it would be the most inconvenient thing for me to get robbed or worse when they'd trusted me with the house and cars.