Posted on 12/10/2005 7:32:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
JACKSONVILLE, FL - It didn't take long for students in the 2nd period 7th grade science class at Lake Shore Middle School to realize something was wrong with their substitute teacher.
According to Principal Iranetta Wright, students became so alarmed, they notified school administrators immediately.
"Allegations were made by the students that a substitute teacher was in class doing drugs," Wright said. "They said he was sniffing something."
The principal talked to students, then the substitute teacher, and contacted police.
Terry Kaupilla, 45, was arrested and taken into custody.
According to the police report, a bag of cocaine was spotted near Kaupilla while he was being questioned by police; and he later admitted, 'he had been doing this for about seven months and realizes he had a problem.'
Kelly Services employs substitute teachers for local schools. They told First Coast News they conduct background checks on all potential teachers. They also released this statement, "We are working closely with the school district to determine exactly what transpired and will be taking appropriate action."
Meanwhile, the principal says she is proud of her students for recognizing a problem and then doing the right thing. Wright says, "It speaks volumes for the trust they have in us because they could have handled it much differently."
Kaupilla has been suspended. This was only the second time he had worked at Lake Shore Middle School.
* snort*
Two weeks off with pay?
I don't think they can fire teachers unless they are *convicted* of a crime.
Just when you thought, it can't get any worse. I've long suspected that some of those NEA types were cokeheads.
Okay, actual comment. Senile Federal judges and the NEA have made it nearly impossible to teach in most schools, and it seems that increasingly what's showing up is a bunch of clowns who want to relive the high school experience as one of the wild students.
F.O.B., perhaps?
LOL! Funniest thing I've read all day.
An experiment gone awry.
Add this guy to the list of brain-deads on the Darwin Awards.
Did the kids furnish the good stuff?
He bought the stuff in the teacher's lounge before class.
Never bring something to school unless you bring enough for everyone.
Snork.
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