Drug-sniffing dogs find marijuana in teachers' cars By ERICKA MELLON Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Nov. 20, 2008, 5:54PM
Another Houston ISD teacher was charged with possession of marijuana Thursday after authorities said they found the drug in his car at school. Gabriel Moseley, a 32-year-old teacher at Williams Middle School in north Houston, faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge. HISD said two teachers at Williams were caught with drugs, but the Harris County District Attorney's office said only Moseley has been charged. Since October, at least four other HISD teachers and one custodian — from Whittier Elementary, Woodson Middle, Wheatley High and Worthing High — have been charged with having drugs on school grounds, said district spokesman Norm Uhl. HISD did not release information about the Woodson incidents until Thursday. But district and court records show that Anthony A. Martin, a 51-year-old custodian at Woodson, was charged last week with possession of marijuana on school grounds. Cleo Walker Gibbs, a 53-year-old teacher at the same school, was charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana, records show. The drug charges at the various schools have resulted from calls to HISD's police tip line, Uhl said. The police department's drug dog, Reno, was sent to sniff out the school parking lots, he added. District officials suspect the tips are coming from employees, not students. "We believe the media coverage of these cases has led to more tips," Uhl said. HISD teachers are not subject to random drug testing. The random tests are only given to bus drivers, police officers and those classified as safety and security personnel, Uhl said. In addition to the alleged drug incidents at school, an assistant principal at Sharpstown High School was charged earlier this year with felony possession of marijuana, accused of growing the drug at his house. <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6123300.html> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ForUsByUs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
