Unfortunately, I do not think Hess are isolated cases. _Bruce Via iPod touch 2.1
On Nov 20, 2008, at 8:25 PM, "dwight ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WTF!?!?!?!?! - and I thought rappers were a bad influence!!! what is > this CRAP!?!?!...it's as if kids are now being "tag-teamed" at home > & at school...how are they ever going to learn to achieve & realize > their dreams & aspirations IF THE DAMNED TEACHER IS > HIGH?!?!?!?!?!...don't send these teachers to jail, hold a public > flogging & allow the parents & tax payer's to bring their own > canes!!! ... where's that "Because I Got High" song when you need it?? > > DW > > 2008/11/20 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 Worthin > g 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
