COMMACK (AP) - A 10-year-old suburban New York girl has been suspended for taking peppermint oil to her school and distributing it to other students.

The Commack School District says in a statement on its Web Site that the oil ‘‘is an unregulated over-the-counter drug.''

The girl's mother, Corrine Morton-Greiner, said last week that the implication that her daughter Sara was taking an illicit substance to school is ‘‘infuriating.''

Morton-Greiner is asking for school officials to apologize and to revoke her daughter's suspension.

Commack Superintendent James Feltman says there's "no question" that Sara's actions violated the district's code of conduct when she took the oil to school Dec. 21.

He says the label on the bottle says it should be kept out of reach of children.