This is Just AWFUL....a school vent!

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This is Just AWFUL....a school vent!
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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 9:10am

I'm in a state of shock right now! I woke up this morning to the news. The principal of my son Joshua's middle school was arrested yesterday for selling and dealing "meth" from his office at the school! I kid you not!! Apparantly, he was being watched for a few months, and the police sent an informant in yesterday. The informant left the building, and the police went in. They entered his office, and found a bag of meth, the paraphanalia, and the money on his desk. He was arraigned last night and is in prison.

My DH had to bring Josh to school early for band this morning, and he said the school is surrounded by news vans, reporters, police, and angry parents. I'm almost frightened to send him to school!

You know, you worry about the kids using and dealing, but you never think you have to worry about the PRINCIPAL!! This is just totally insane!!

Thanks for letting me vent...I'll keep you updated. I wouldn't be surprised if this made national news, so keep your ears open. BTW, we live in a small-medium sized city in northeastern PA. You think that stuff like this only happens in places like Philadelphia, but it happens everywhere.

Marcy

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 9:16am

Wow that is horrible! Do they know if he was selling to the kids? Hopefully this was a side of him that he kept seperate from his responsiblities at the school, but who knows? Keep us updated!

{{{Hugz}}}

Denise

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 9:25am

They didn't specify in the news article on whether or not he sold to kids. I'm praying that answer is "no". Just the fact that he was using and dealing from his desk in his office makes me sick. My son said that he was always in his office and the asst. principals did all the work. Now I know why! I can't figure out how nobody knew about this though? I've been volunteering and subbing in the schools long enough to know that the secretaries and the custodians know EVERYTHING. So how did nobody know? It scares me a bit to say this, but I'm sure he's not going down alone.

It's a media circus around here this morning. We live just a few blocks from the school, and news helicopters have been circling around all morning.

I'll keep you updated...

Marcy




Edited 2/28/2007 9:26 am ET by momto2boys1999
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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 9:44am
Wow, that is freaky. But I know that drugs can make people do really stupid things, like start dealing from work. You would think he wouldn't be that brave though. Hard to believe. Hopefully the media hoopla will die down and the kids can get back to being kids but something like that must really throw everyone for a loop.

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 11:33am

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

I just did some "googling" and found a couple of news stories. Yikes!

BTW, Marcy, I have visited your area quite often...my Dad grew up there and I still have a grandmother in the area!!!

Karin

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 2:51pm

That is just over-the-top AWFUL!!! Hopefully, it doesn't reflect on the other school staff.

When I pulled my dc from ps 3 years ago and started hsing, my main reasons were all academic one way or another. But now that I have one in middle school, my list of "cons" for ps is growing by leaps and bounds in the social area. Yet I would never have thought about adding "poor adult influences among the staff" as one of the major cons.

In our small town high school, there is a teacher who is apparently going through a messy divorce. He was arrested a couple of weeks ago for battering his (ex?) wife. Yesterday he was arrested again; this time he went to her house to drop off their kids and threw hot coffee in her face. One of his kids is in my dd's grade; it must be terrible for those kids!

Well, this is nothing compared to selling meth. But it just goes to show how some very poor role models are getting teaching and administrative jobs at ps these days. Never mind all the child molesters. GEEZ!

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 3:01pm

The whole situation is just sickening. I just spoke with a good friend of mine a few minutes ago...she works for the county parole office. She said that they recently had a male prostitute at a hearing, and he resides with a "(our city name) middle school principal". Oh, the story just keeps getting deeper, doesn't it? I did check with her to see if he made bail, and at that point, he had not. I just worry that he'll get out, go to the school and go postal. I tend to worry about stuff like that...sigh....

My DH just went to pick up my DS, so I'm anxious to hear what they were told in school, if there was any counseling, etc.

Like I've said before, these type of things are not location issues. These are society issues. Where are the morals and values?? It's just so sad!!

Marcy

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 3:10pm

Oh wow that is absolutely disgusting!!!


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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 5:56pm

Well, you're right, it's in the national news...I saw the story on the Yahoo Top News stories page.

Karin

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 6:08pm
That is terrible Marcy. We live in a crazy, crazy world. :(
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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 6:12pm

I work in the schools too and I guarantee those secretaries and custodians are in the know.


Side note: I was a bible study last week. I sat next to a mom who works for 911 in our area. I told her I subbed for so and so schools and she proceeded to tell me about the latest drug bust at one of the junior high's. I'm so naive. I had no idea these junior highers did this stuff.

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