I was quite the noid before hitting some of the medi States, but loosened up considerably... like you can be in a Boulder sub-shop with cops on a lunch break, while talking about your recent warehouse pull.
Really, it depends on the locale... but the school zone considerations only apply if you are in violation of the law... usually a doubling in penalties.
As long as you are in full compliance, esp as an individual patient, then even if the cops come a knocking (& know several people this has happened to)... they do a plant count, comment on the grow & move on, never to be heard from again.
This assumes the meter guy is going to even notice anything from a single patient grow, which is unlikely.
Keep your counts in order & grow dude... depending on where you are at. ;-)