The Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services reports the rate of drug offenses has increased 33 percent since the storm while violent crimes remain flat. Realistically, drug and violent crimes are up significantly more than that after taking into account the reduced student population. School officials say they feel almost helpless to stop the mayhem. Ray St. Pierre, Jefferson Parish School Board representative for District 3, said students will always find a way to bring a weapon into school. Alandrus Lesene, an 18-year-old senior at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, said students at public schools bribe security guards to sneak weapons inside. Any security guard found guilty of such action should be jailed for endangering the lives of everyone in the school building.