Heroin in Fallsburg NY?
Let's get one thing out of the way first.
In no way does this blog, myself, nor The Crack Team condone or excuse any drug use by staff members in or near our schools. If a teacher is caught on drugs, having drugs on their person, in their personal space in the school, they should be dealt with accordingly.
With that being said, we can now move on.
On February 18, the Times Herald Record of Middletown NY reported that heroin and needles were found in a bathroom at the Benjamin Cosor Elementary School in Fallsburg NY on February 11, 2014. This was not the first time such paraphernalia was found. Back in December, heroin and needles were found in the bathroom at the same school. Surveillance cameras were set up and eight people, including a contract employee providing occupational therapy were identified as the possible culprits.
All were asked to submit to urine tests. The contract employee immediately agreed and gave a sample. The teachers at first agreed, but then balked at the advice of their union. Since then it seems that all hell has broken lose and there are those that are speaking without facts, such as our friends atEducation Action Network, and the chief of police in Fallsburg NY. But more on EAG a little later.
The chief of police for Fallsburg, Simmie Williams, was quoted in the Times Herald Record as saying;
Then there is something known as the 4th Amendment to the Constitution which says;
In no way does this blog, myself, nor The Crack Team condone or excuse any drug use by staff members in or near our schools. If a teacher is caught on drugs, having drugs on their person, in their personal space in the school, they should be dealt with accordingly.
With that being said, we can now move on.
On February 18, the Times Herald Record of Middletown NY reported that heroin and needles were found in a bathroom at the Benjamin Cosor Elementary School in Fallsburg NY on February 11, 2014. This was not the first time such paraphernalia was found. Back in December, heroin and needles were found in the bathroom at the same school. Surveillance cameras were set up and eight people, including a contract employee providing occupational therapy were identified as the possible culprits.
All were asked to submit to urine tests. The contract employee immediately agreed and gave a sample. The teachers at first agreed, but then balked at the advice of their union. Since then it seems that all hell has broken lose and there are those that are speaking without facts, such as our friends atEducation Action Network, and the chief of police in Fallsburg NY. But more on EAG a little later.
The chief of police for Fallsburg, Simmie Williams, was quoted in the Times Herald Record as saying;
"If you got nothing to hide, give me some urine,"Fine. But as we have seen in this country time after time once you acquiesce, once you give up or yield on any of your constitutional rights, more will be asked for you to give up in the future.
Then there is something known as the 4th Amendment to the Constitution which says;
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
