Reefer

Teacher, students allegedly smoke pot

A Goleta Valley Junior High School teacher is facing charges for allegedly smoking marijuana with two students.

Melissa Dunning, 31, was charged Wednesday with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of furnishing marijuana. She faces arraignment July 3.

The parents of a 14-year-old student at the school told sheriff's deputies on May 31 that they suspected their son and the teacher had been smoking pot, Sgt. Erik Raney said. Dunning had tutored the boy at her home.

He's All Potted Out

Fairfield Teacher Faces Pot Charges

Kenneth George Neubert, 34, of Vacaville faces a felony charge of furnishing marijuana to a minor and a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana on school grounds.

His next court appearance is scheduled for July 2.

Fairfield Police arrested Neubert after he allegedly left campus in his car with two 17-year-old senior boys Monday. Police said they stopped at a nearby Starbucks Coffee shop, then while returning to school, smoked marijuana.

The mother of one of the boys spotted her son in the teacher's car and followed them back to the campus. When she confronted her son, police said he told his mother they had been smoking marijuana with Neubert.

Pot

Dover High teacher faces misconduct charges

A Dover High School chemistry teacher was arrested this morning in connection with an incident last month where he reportedly forced a student to drive him to a spot in Dover so he could buy some marijuana.

Dover police charged Damon Bethel, 36, of Smyrna, with coercion and official misconduct. Bail was set at $1,000, police said.

The alleged incident occurred April 21 when the teacher approached one of his students in the early morning hours while he was filling his car up with gas and asked for a ride. The student refused.

The teacher then threatened to fail the student in class if he didn't give him a ride, acccording to court records.

Guilty of Tokin' With Students

Former Newport Teacher Pleads Guilty To Smoking Pot

ormer Newport High School teacher Brandon Hall pleaded guilty Monday to smoking marijuana with students.

As part of the plea agreement, the commonwealth attorney is recommending Hall be on probation for three years.

Last fall, Hall resigned as a teacher after police videotaped him smoking a marijuana with several of his students.

They were at the home of school board member Jim Hesch and his his wife Helen, a teacher at Newport Middle School, at the time.

The Heschs resigned their positions as part of a plea deal.

They were accused of allowing teens drink in their home.

Ecstasy, LSD & Marijuana

Bellefontaine Teacher, Roommate Facing Drug Charges

A Bellefontaine middle school teacher will appear in court on Tuesday morning to face drug charges.

Officers said the woman and her roommate had more than $5,000 worth of illegal drugs in their apartment.

Reagan Henry, 23, is a special-education teacher at Bellefontaine Middle School. Her roommate is 19-year-old Danielle Garza.

Detectives said they found Ecstasy, LSD, and marijuana inside the apartment. Police said Henry and Garza were arrested on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance.

Investigators said they do not believe any drugs were taken into the school. Henry has been placed on administrative leave from her teaching job.

I Want His Lawyer

Mililani Teacher Pleads No Contest in Drug Case

An Oahu public school teacher gives up his court fight in a drug case. Flanked by supporters, Benjamin Ayson went before a Wahiawa district judge Thursday and pleaded no contest to promoting a detrimental drug.

Ayson is a teacher at Mililani Middle School. Prosecutors say he and another teacher were seen in a car off campus smoking marijuana on December 4th.

After the plea, the judge granted Ayson a deferral. That means he can wipe his record clean if he stays out of trouble for six months.

"He has a cousin who borrowed his truck to go to the Oregon-UH game, left a pipe that apparently had some marijuana residue in it in his truck," David Gierlach, defense attorney, said. "And he knew it was there that morning. He retrieved it for the teachers, and that is what causes a technical violation of the law."

Ayson remains on paid leave.

His co-defendant, Lisa Luhrsen, pleaded no contest and was granted a deferral last month.

Pot

Sheriff: Bossier Teacher Smoked Pot With Teens

A teacher at Elm Grove Middle School in Bossier Parish was arrested Thursday on charges she smoked marijuana with teenagers and bought alcohol for them.

Stephenie Simmons, 35, of Bossier City, was arrested at the Bossier School Board offices in Benton.

Simmons taught seventh grade at Elm Grove and had been a teacher for eight years.

She faces eight counts of unlawful purchase of alcoholic beverages on behalf of people under the age of 21 and six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

Sheriff Larry Deen said an investigation by the school system's director of security found that Simmons smoked marijuana with 15- and 16-year-olds last summer at a house in the parish. He said she also, on several occasions, bought alcohol for 14- to 17-year-olds.

Oldie but a goody

Text message leads to teacher's arrest

It's a tough lesson for a Kentucky middle school teacher. State police say she sent text messages looking for marijuana to a state trooper instead of a drug dealer.
The trooper was at a birthday dinner when his phone started buzzing with messages about a pot purchase.

Police spokesman Barry Meadows says the trooper thought it was a joke at first, but realized it wasn't after a few phone calls. So he set up a meeting with Ann Greenfield.

More Drugs

Special education teacher arrested on drug charges

Parent Omaira Zaman said, "It is scary because all the kids are here."

Parents with children who attend Carroll Hill Elementary School are concerned after special education teacher -- 54-year-old Doris Kurick -- was arrested by Troy police for felony possession of marijuana after an anonymous tip.

'High' School

Oregon Teacher Supplied Beer, Pot to Students

A former teacher who supplied beer and marijuana to students at a birthday party told a judge Wednesday that she was "incredibly remorseful" for her conduct and was sentenced to probation and community service.

Brandye Noelle Sauvajon, 37, who taught at McKenzie High School in Lane County, must also forfeit her license to teach in Oregon.

Dopey Teacher Raises Bigger Issue

Teacher Arrested On Drug Charges Spurs Testing Talk

A Mililani Middle School teacher who pleaded no contest to drug possession remains on paid administrative leave while school officials conduct an internal investigation.

The above mentioned teacher was one Lisa Luhrsen, plead guilty, accepted treatment and paid her fine. Her case has prompted talks of mandatory drug testing for teachers which many oppose. No really, it says it right here:

"I'm glad that the teacher is taking responsibility for her actions. That is a very positive sign," said Sen. Clayton Hee.

Hee said he supports a bill requiring drug testing for state teachers, but many teachers oppose mandatory testing.

Now maybe Hee is talking out his arse, or I'm missing something, but why exactly would teachers oppose mandatory drug testing? Ive had to take a drug test to be a janitor, whats the big deal?