[WillowTheWhisp]

From reading the story I don't believe the mother has a problem at all with the school rules at all. I do not believe she set out to flaunt the rules. She didn't send her son to school with a bottle of WKD or even a can of lager. The can of shandy he was drinking is classed by everyone BUT that school as a can of pop. It's on sale in butty shops alongside the Coke and Sprite. No child would ever be refused buying it with the reasoning that it's alcohol. It has less alcohol content than an antiseptic wipe!

If the school was going to make a fuss about this particular drink in addition to alcoholic drinks then the sensible approach would have been a quiet word with the lad and his mother asking him not to bring it again.

As most of you know I do not drink alcohol as part of my religious beliefs and I personally would avoid purchasing this drink because it does contain a small amount of real beer. But the relevant word there is 'small' and even I don't think I would get drunk off it if I accidentally drank some in mistake for a non-alcoholic lager shandy or something. (If such a thing exists.)

However, having said that I still believe the school has acted stupidly in this case and there are far more serious things for them to be concerned about than a non alcoholic shandy which can be bought at the corner shop by infants.