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Not only suspended but sent to drug-counseling for making an anti-drug ad? ErrrK.
Macon, GA (WMAZ) - A substitute teacher was kicked out of a Macon area school Wednesday morning for partially undressing in front of students.
The teacher undressed in a fourth-grade classroom. Assistant school superintendent Sylvia McGee said the woman disrobed below the waist.
The principal, Dr. Ramon Johnson, says the substitute teacher was non-responsive to direct questions and was removed immediately from the campus.
In a letter sent home to parents, Johnson wrote, during the incident, the school was placed in a code-red lockdown.
Students and teachers were required to go to the nearest room, lock the doors, and cover the windows.
In the letter, Johnson assured parents that the woman will never substitute in any Bibb County School again. He also said it's possible the incident may have been caused a medical problem.
A crisis team is available to help students who were in the class during the incident.
Assistant school superintendent Sylvia McGee said, "We think it was an isolated incident, and the school and the staff acted very quickly to deal with it. The school did an exemplary job in dealing with this unforeseen circumstance."
Code Red lockdown?
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WAYNESBURG (KDKA) ?
Two students at Waynesburg Central High School have been suspended for 10 days because of the way they depicted an activity they were trying to discourage.
John DiBuono and his classmate made a public service announcement for a TV workshop. They used crushed Smarties candies. In the video, his friend pretended to snort cocaine. It was supposed to be a message against using drugs.
In a statement, the Jerome Bartley, superintendent of the Central Greene School District, said: "Although the individuals involved were not using illicit drugs, the district's policy prohibits look-a-like drugs, substances, liquids or devices."
It's listed in the student handbook, but DiBuono's father says the punishment doesn't fit.
"I believe that the discipline is a bit excessive, and you know this was clearly an anti-drug statement," he said.
In addition to the suspension, DiBuono, a 4.0 student, said he was told to attend drug counseling.
"The only words said in the entire public service announcement was, 'Don't do drugs,' and now I'm being sent to rehabilitation conference," he said. "I think it's a little ridiculous."
The superintendent says the students weren't assigned to do a public service announcement that day but instead, "took it upon themselves to produce a short video depicting drug use."
DiBuono says it was an ongoing project.
Not only suspended but sent to drug-counseling for making an anti-drug ad? ErrrK.
