Seabrook, NEW HAMPSHIRE

LAWSUIT and why teachers are no longer considered professionals.
Finally settled after a year. And, God knows, how much money.

Oct 12, 2007 - Dianne Dunfey, a Seabrook Middle School 7th grade social studies teacher, is suing the district and the school principal for alleged retaliation for her refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

The lawsuit was filed by Meyer and by the National Education Association-NH on Dunfey's behalf, according to Steven Sacks, a staff attorney with NEA-NH in Concord. NEA-NH and the local Seacoast Education Association support Dunfey in the case, Sacks said.

As well as legal advice, NEA-NH is helping to support Dunfey's case financially.

CASE SETTLED October 31, 2008 - School District Attorney Debra Weiss Ford of Portsmouth advised in court documents the case was settled on Oct. 31. An agreement for entry of judgment or a stipulation of dismissal is to be filed with the U.S. District Court by Dec. 3.

The terms were not known as of Friday. The newspaper tried to reach her attorney. National Education Association New Hampshire Attorney Steve Sacks, who also represented Dunfey, was out of the office on Friday.

Greenwood, ARKANSAS

October 31, 2008 - Deanna Bobo, (age 38 at the time of her arrest), a special education teacher in Greenwood, Arkansas, was convicted and sentenced in 2006 to two six-year prison terms to run consecutively for having sex with a student. She has yet to serve a day while her case was being appealed.

Today she lost her second appeal. She was ordered to be taken into custody immediately.
TT entry for Bobo.

San Jose, CALIFORNIA

Another band director in the news.


August 12, 2008 - James Barany, 37, band director for William C. Overfelt High School, was arrested for attempting to solicit lewd acts from a minor over the Internet. Barany initiated a chat room conversation with a detective he believed was a 13 year-old girl, police said.

During the course of the conversation, Barany agreed to meet with the girl at a location in Santa Cruz where he was arrested. He is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Barany's previous job was as band director at Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose.

Photo: Santa Cruz Police Department

RESIGNATION August 13 - Barany resigned after his arrest. According to police,

Barany contacted the girl within seconds of her logging into a chat room, police said. They chatted on-and-off for much of the day and during the conversation, Barany arranged to meet the girl at an undisclosed location in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, according to police.

Police said he never made it to his destination. He was arrested on Soquel Avenue near Morrissey Boulevard around 3 p.m. The girl was actually a Midwest housewife working with the group Perverted Justice.

IN COURT August 16 - Barany appeared in court Friday but did not enter a plea. He asked for for time to hire his own attorney. He returns to court Sept. 3 to enter a plea.

GUILTY PLEA October 31 - Barany pleaded guilty to one felony count of communicating with a person believed to be a minor for the purpose of arranging a sexual encounter.
He will be sentenced in December. He will have to REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER for the rest of his life.

Dexter, KANSAS

October 31, 2008 - Richard Berkley, 42, a teacher at Dexter High School, was arrested October 19 and charged for engaging in inappropriate sexual relations with a female student at the school. One felony charge of unlawful sexual relations has been filed against Berkley with the district court in Winfield.

An investigation began during the 2007-2008 school year. He was suspended with pay in April. He resigned later that same month.

The formal criminal complaint alleges that between Jan. 1, 2007 and May 9, 2008, Berkley engaged in lewd fondling or touching with the girl, who would have been 16 or 17 at the time.
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LEGAL NOTE: (From the story.) Berkley faces the charge - even though the age of consent in Kansas is 16 - because he held a position of authority over the alleged victim. The law is in place, officials said, to protect young people from being victimized by teachers, social service workers or others who might work closely with kids.
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The 10/31 story source is NewsCow.net, an Internet only news site.

November 3 - Berkley was arrested Oct. 19 after a months-long investigation by the Cowley County Sheriff's Department and charged in the Cowley County District Court. Cowley County Attorney Chris Smith Smith said the duration of the case was due to the fact that a lot of people had information that finally led to the charges' being filed.

Berkley is scheduled to appear in front of the Cowley County District Court at 9 a.m. Nov. 10.

Ocean City, NEW JERSEY

“When we reach a point in society when we as parents can no longer safely and reliably entrust our children to the care of those professionally responsible, we are bankrupt as a culture,” the judge said. “How does it stop? When does it stop?”

May 15, 2008 - Robert Dilullo, 24, a substitute at Ocean City High School, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and providing alcohol to a minor in connection with a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.

It is alleged that he had sex with a high school student beginning when she was 16. The relationship reportedly began in December 2006. Police said Dilullo raped the girl in August 2007, when he invited her to his Seaville home in Upper Township. Police said he gave her alcohol and raped her while she was inebriated and unconscious.

Dilullo now works as a restaurant cook. A counselor who learned of the incidents, earlier this month, reported them to the Division of Youth and Family Services, which reported them to the Cape May Co. Prosecutors Office.

Dilullo did not teach in the district this year, whether that was his choice or the district's choice. Police said they want to know if the accused teacher had sex with any other students.

GUILTY PLEA August 16 - Dilullo pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of a child in a nonsexual manner and agreed to never again seek employment as a teacher. The plea agreement also includes five years of probation along with 364 days in the Cape May County Jail. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 31.

SENTENCED October 31 - Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten sentenced to a year in jail for providing alcohol to a student. Dilullo will have to serve 77 of the 364 days before he is eligible for parole. He will not be allowed to teach again or serve in public office.

Assistant Prosecutor Matthew D. Weintraub repeated the allegation Friday that DiLullo had oral sex with the student at his Upper Township home. In a victim-impact statement, the girl, not identified in court, said DiLullo should have to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.

Judge Raymond Batten said cases in which authority figures have inappropriate relationships with minors are becoming all too prevalent in Cape May County. He said he sentenced DiLullo to the year term to deter other would-be criminals.

“When we reach a point in society when we as parents can no longer safely and reliably entrust our children to the care of those professionally responsible, we are bankrupt as a culture,” he said. “How does it stop? When does it stop?”

Billings, MONTANA

October 31, 2008 - Billings Senior High School teacher Stacey Rambold, 49, has been charged with three counts of felony sexual intercourse without consent. (She was not 16, which is the age of consent in Montana. And Rambold was three years older.) He resigned in July after the district found evidence to support the allegations. Rambold also agreed to surrender his Montana teaching certificate.

Prosecutors allege in charging documents filed Friday that Rambold performed oral and digital sex acts on a ninth-grade female student over the course of several months, including one instance in his school office. The incidents are alleged to have happened between October and December of last year when the girl was 14 years old, the affidavit states. She turned 15 in February.

The eight-page affidavit describes a police investigation that included numerous interviews with teachers and students at Senior High. One teacher told police that several of her students told her in mid-April they suspected Rambold and the girl of having an inappropriate relationship. The teacher said the students reported that Rambold was "never in the classroom during class," and Rambold and the girl were often alone together in his office during class.

It wasn't until April 24 that the girl told a church group leader that she had been sexually assaulted by a teacher, according to court records. The church member told the girl's mother, who then called police.

Ramold has not been arrested but will be issued a notice to appear in court on the charges, said Deputy County Attorney Rod Souza.
Full Name: Stacey Dean Rambold

ARRESTED November 1, 2008 - Rambold was arrested Friday, booked in the Yellowstone County jail and released after posting $25,000 bail, Deputy County Attorney Rod Souza said. He will likely be arraigned Nov. 10

Fort Smith, ARKANSAS

Honestly, someone should start a "Stolen from PTA" blog.

October 31, 2008 - Beard Elementary School teacher Julie Woods, 47, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of stealing money from the PTA.

She's accused of stealing $890 from a Parent-Teacher Association fundraiser. Police say the money was taken from a desk drawer in an office at Beard Elementary School where Woods was a teacher.

Woods resigned as an early intervention kindergarten teacher later Thursday.
Full Name: Julie Suzanne Woods
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SCHOOL INFO: The school rates a 6 (with 10 being the highest) at GreatSchools.net The school district, however, rates 5 for the iroverall test scores. Remember that the percentage is at or above proficient. Proficient isn't mastery. Proficient = at grade level.

Memphis, TENNESSEE

Fullilove apologizes for 'unfortunate circumstances'
Some people are awfully tolerant.

October 31, 2008 - She recently lost her job as a teacher at Northwest Mississippi Community College. She was arrested. Not for the first time.

- She was arrested in March for refusing to take a Breathalyzer test in DeSoto County. She pleaded guilty in June to driving under the influence of medication (which is the same as driving under the influence of alcohol.) She was barred from driving in Mississippi. Her drivers license was confiscated.

- In May, she collided with a southbound driver on U.S. 61. The incident injured a girl who was a passenger in the other car. The former teacher was not charged in that incident.

- In June, she was photographed slumped over behind the wheel of a parked car at a Tunica casino.

- October 17, Fullilove was arrested in Tunica County on charges of careless driving and refusing to take a DUI test after she failed a field-sobriety test. Fullilove showed a valid Tennessee driver’s license to Tunica County deputies. The license was fraudulent.

After the DeSoto arrest and guilty plea in June, she then applied for and received a duplicate license from Tennessee after reporting hers was “lost.” She is now being charged with fraudulent use of a driver's license and making or selling a counterfeit driver's license.

Janis DeSoto is a Memphis city councilwoman.

Some council members have been swamped by e-mails and phone calls from citizens demanding action. In response, the council is thinking about maybe a resolution that "criticized Fullilove’s actions and encouraged her “to seek professional treatment that will enable her to overcome the personal challenges that have impacted her public service if she has not already sought treatment." No censure is planned.

Oh, and in 1995, the former radio announcer pleaded guilty to drunken driving following a 1994 arrest after a concerned motorist alerted Memphis police to a reckless driver.

Janis said she would soon recommend what action the council should take against her.

Main City, CALIFORNIA

School district investigates principal's response.

October 31, 2008 -

The Alisal Union School District is investigating whether a principal properly alerted authorities after four students alleged they were inappropriately touched by their teacher, convicted child molester John Hawthorne.

District Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas said she has assigned an administrator and the district's legal counsel to investigate the handling of the case.

The reason?

At Hawthorne's sentencing last week, prosecutor Gary Thelander said Salazar, then principal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, did not initially report the girls' claims, adding to their hesitance to cooperate with authorities. Hawthorne was the girls' teacher in a multi-level "newcomers" class for recent immigrants.

After reviewing evidence, Thelander said Thursday that Salazar had met her requirements as a "mandatory reporter" because she was "in contact" with Monterey County Child Protective Services the day she met with the girls and filled out required forms.

However,

Even though the letter of the law may have been followed, Thelander said, he is still troubled by the fact that Salazar met with Hawthorne after hearing the girls' complaints, apparently concluded they were not credible and allowed the teacher to return to the classroom with the students the next day, April 13, 2007, a Friday.

"It's all part and parcel of ... why the kids were hesitant to come forward," the prosecutor said of the principal's reaction.

FALSE REPORTS RARE

While credibility is always an element of investigating a molestation allegation, District Superintendent Esperanza said, false reports by elementary school students are rare.

OUTRAGEOUS
Even after police discovered the child porn and Hawthorne pleaded guilty in the case, five teachers wrote to the court — one on California Teachers Association letterhead — asking for leniency in his case.
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TT - Hawthorne was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He admitted to molesting more than a dozen students in 2007. He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. TT entry for Hawthorne.

La Mesa, CALIFORNIA

Nominee for headline that misses the point of the whole story.

October 31, 2008 - "Sex Scandals Prompt Call For School Board Member's Resignation"
Helix High School board want either the resignation, censure or apology of a Grossmont Union High School District board member.

Helix officials sent a letter asking for the resignation of trustee Jim Kelly because he accused Helix of covering up teacher-student sex scandals.

At a news conference last week, Kelly said the La Mesa charter school is hiding information regarding two incidents of teachers having sexual relationships with students.

The two cases are in addition to the four Helix teachers who have already been convicted of having sex with students in past two years, Kelly said.

The above article was based upon this San Diego Union-Tribune story.

The Grossmont Union High School District has limited oversight over Helix, a charter school in La Mesa where four former teachers have been convicted of sex crimes involving students in two years.

Kelly and two candidates he's supporting for the Grossmont governing board, Meg Jedynak and Gary Woods, have said or strongly implied at public meetings and at a news conference Kelly called last week that six cases have occurred and that Helix High officials are hiding information and refusing to cooperate with a district investigation. Helix officials insist the school is cooperating and that they know of only the four cases.

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TT - We call Helix the High School from Hell. Entry

It seems to us that Jim Kelly is the only Grossmont Union High School District governing board member acting responsibly. You can understand two teachers being sentenced for having sex with students, but four??? Without a single change in management of the school and without any public censure. Something is decidedly odd at the school, and if Kelly knows of two other cases that may not have resulted in criminal charges but amount to teacher misconduct with students, it ought to be public knowledge.

School boards have oversight over charter schools. Even limited oversight allows them to publicly criticize the charter school without inviting litigation from victims or their parents. Frankly, we're surprised that no one has sued them yet. If parents don't want the publicity that comes with a lawsuit against Helix, someone should hold them accountable. Because no one is so far. Except Jim Kelly.

This is another reason why states should have disciplinary actions online. California does not.

A charter school should not be publicly funded but run like a private school.

Denton, MARYLAND

MOTHER CHASES DOWN TEACHER IN HER CAR.

Feb 1, 2008 - Lee Holmes, Jr., 25, an eighth-grade math teacher at Lockerman Middle School, was arrested on child sex abuse charge for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old female student.
Full Name: Alexander Holmes, Jr.

Police say Holmes became a suspect Tuesday night after the girl was dropped off at her home in Marydel after leaving without permission. Her mother chased the driver at high speed, until the driver's car crashed in Queen Anne's County. The mother recognized Holmes as the driver of the wrecked car.

Holmes was treated for his injuries at Shock Trauma in Baltimore and was arrested Wednesday at his mother's residence in Prince George's County.

WMTD : Holmes is facing several charges, including sex abuse of a minor and possession of child porn.

Police are asking anyone who might have had negative contact with Holmes to contact the Sheriff's department at 410-479-2515.

May 11 - Pre-trial conferenced scheduled for May 20. Criminal trial scheduled Aug 11. cts

GUILTY PLEA October 15 - Holmes pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual offense for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl. Under his plea agreement, he will serve no more than nine years in prison. Sentencing was set for Oct. 30.

SENTENCED October 31 - Holmes was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Setting Standards

These are people you can admire.

October 31, 2008 - Despite pressure from educators and the media and their wrenching stories about English language learner students who might not get their diplomas, Maryland School Board member Kate Walsh said she would will not seek delays for those learning English, she said, because she believes they should become competent in the language before they receive a diploma.

The reporter, however, looks at it differently.

How educators view the plight of students is a highly emotional issue for some, such as Dunbar Brooks, a black state school board member, and Andres Alonso, a Latino who is Baltimore's school chief executive officer. The tests, they and others argue, have raised the standards for the most vulnerable students, giving them access to a more rigorous curriculum.

They frame the argument as a civil rights issue, and say they witnessed those groups being held back by a poor education. Students who fail this June, they say, can remain in high school until they do pass.

As opposed to,

On the other side are parents and teachers who view the test requirement as blatantly unfair after witnessing the heartbreaking struggles of their own children or students.

Read the whole thing.
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TT - It isn't parents who think the tests are unfair. It is the teachers unions who vigorously oppose standardized testing. There's a reason. Standardized tests let administrators know which teachers are not teaching the curriculum effectively. Or at all. A tool that unions and underperforming teachers would like to see eliminated.

Koo Koo Court

Soap Opera time in the land of kangaroos.

October 31, 2008 - A judge slashed the sentence for a 40-year-old Paul Incani, a teacher who had been sentenced to 15 months for indecently touching a student. The judge reduced the sentence to a suspended nine-month term.

The judge - Justice Dean Mildren (shown right)- says the man was in love with the girl.

The judge said girl had exaggerated how much she had suffered in a "very dramatic and emotional" manner. The judge said there was no seduction and the facts of the case, including intimate text messages Incani sent to the girl, showed nothing other than a willingness by the child who was as "romantically involved" with Incani as he was with her.

He said the girl's "self-loathing" and "sense of rage" could be attributed to Incani's offending, which had exacerbated the kind of reaction "one would normally expect" from a romantic break-up.

Incari pleaded guilty to indecent touching in July.

Did we mention that the girl was 16?

Trumann, ARKANSAS

October 30, 2008 - Police arrested Pam Bradsher, a Trumann Alternative School teacher, after she reportedly asked a 16-year-old student to obtain white Hydrochodone in exchange for Xana. The boy's mother contacted confronted the teacher and contacted police.

After an investigation, police arrested Bradsher. Charges will likely be delivery of a controlled substance and solicitation of a minor to commit a crime.

Inglewood, CALIFORNIA

October 30, 2008 - William Mangan, 67, a teacher at Inglewood Middle School, was arrested, accused of fondling two girls at the school.

The 13-year-old girl told school officials Mangan fondled her clothed breast during class. Another student, a 12-year-old girl, later said another student witnessed Mangan touching her buttocks in class about a month before, police said.
Full Name: William Nelson Mangan

Anyone with additional information regarding this investigation can call the Inglewood Police Department's Special Victims Section at (310) 412-5272 or (888) 41-CRIME.

Dallas, TEXAS

Teacher Accused Of Driving & Smoking Crack

October 30, 2008 - Donald Johnson,, 47, a special education teacher at Molina High School, was charged with evading arrest and possession of cocaine after a slow speed chase by police. Police say during the pursuit, they could see Johnson smoking crack as he drove.

Johnson called 911 during the chase to report the police were chasing him. Police recovered drugs from his vehicle when the chase ended. Police used spike strips to blow out the car's tires. Officers used a taser to get Johnson out of the car, afraid that he had overdosed. Johnson was taken to a hospital by an ambulance for observation.

The Dallas Independent School District said it is reviewing the incident determine whether any action would be taken against the employee. Ya think?
Full Name: Donald Keith Johnson
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SCHOOL INFO: Moisés E. Molino High School rates a 4 (with 10 being the best) at GreatSchools.net. Test scores aren't thrilling in math or science. The school has 1993 students in grades 9-12.

We puzzled a bit over a link at the school website.
"Information to parents about cheese" (right hand column.) It turned out the link was to a warning about a black tar heroin and Tylenol PM mix with the street name of .. cheese.

Flagstaff, ARIZONA

A registered sex offender for life.

October 30, 2008 - Tawni Wimberley, 30, a Flagstaff High School and technology teacher, was sentenced to six months - suspended. She will be on supervised probation for three years. She will have to REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER for the rest of her life.

In September, Wimberley pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. She was on a leave of absence when she had improper relationships with 16-year-old and 17-year-old boys in 2007. Police alleged that Wimberley had consensual sexual relationships with ``several'' male students, most of them legal adults.
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This AP story says nothing about sex offender registration.

Spring Grove, ILLINOIS

Elementary school principal found in motel with two underage girls and they weren't watching "Alvin and the Chipmunks."

April 8, 2008 - Daniel Markofski, 47, the principal of Spring Grove Elementary School, was arrested and charged with two counts of exposing a child to harmful material and one count of sexual intercourse with a child age 16 or older. Both girls were from Milwaukee.

Markofski was arrested after an officer on patrol found him partially clothed in a Glendale motel with two girls, ages 15 and 16, on Saturday. The police officer noticed the smell of pot coming from a room at the Super 8 Motel on Port Washington Road. The girls were partially nude. Police say Markofski had alcohol and marijuana.

According to a criminal complaint, Markofski admitted that he met the 16-year-old girl in an online chat room. He told authorities that he and the girl had talked on the phone several times and that he had taken her to the motel twice. The 15-year-old was a friend of the other girl. She accompanied them to the beach and then the motel room. said they talked about watching a movie. She asked to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks, but says Markofski ordered a pornographic movie instead. According to the 15-year-old, shortly after the movie started, Markofski had sexual contact with the 16-year-old and and took sexually explicit pictures of the 16-year-old with his cell phone.

He has been suspended with pay. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 18.
Full Name: David Scott Markofski

EMPLOYMENT He is licensed to teach in Wisconsin. According to state records, he taught at North Lake Elementary in Boulder Junction from 1994 to 1997. He was a teacher then assistant principal at Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School from 1997 to 2005. He was principal of both Blackhawk and Tower Rock elementary schools, which are in the Sauk Prairie School district, from 2005 to 2006. (From Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

NO SHOW April 9 - In 2005, Markofski abruptly resigned as a school principal. He just didn't show up for work. Craig Bender, the superintendent of the Sauk Prairie School District in Sauk City, Wis. said that one day Markofski just disappeared. “We couldn’t track him down.” he said.

He told the school district that he was going through a divorce and struggling with personal issues when the superintendent contacted him shortly after he stopped showing up to work. Markofski’s divorce was finalized in January 2006.

SCHOOL BOARD VOTES April 15 - – District 2 board members voted unanimously Tuesday to fire Spring Grove Principal Dan Markofski. That came despite Markofski tendering a letter of resignation to the district earlier Tuesday.“They wanted to have on public record that they chose to dismiss him,” Superintendent Dan Oest said.

The school board admitted that they did not call his previous employer and promises to to check with all previous employers.

NOT GUILTY PLEA April 18 - Markofski waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty.

TRIAL DATE SCHEDULED for August 6 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. (Found in this story on drug testing.)

SENTENCED October 30 - Marfofski pleaded guilty in September to having sex with a child 16 or older and to two counts of exposing a child to harmful material. This week he was sentenced to one year in prison and 18 months of extended supervision. Markofski will also have to REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
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ONLINE RESOURCE: You can find teacher license revocations in the minutes of the Illinois State Teacher Certification Board. No reasons are given, however, for the disciplinary action. (You cannot assume that it was for criminal acivity as many states revoke licenses for failure to pay back funds advanced for professional training.)

Sample Of those listed in these minutes, we have entries for Church, Pappas and Williams. All three were sentenced for sexual misconduct with students.

Springfield, MISSOURI

May 4, 2007 - Jeremy Anderson, a Glendale High School science teacher, may lose his teaching license. In February, he was seen on a security camera pushing a 15-year-old female student against a wall, rubbing her face and hugging her . The student reportedly tried to get away by walking across the hall, and he followed, putting his arm around her.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, told the newspaper that DESE had opened an investigative file on Anderson. State statutes allow for revocation of a teaching license for a number of reasons, including if a teacher is found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. Though Anderson is not charged with a felony, lawyers for the state attorney general's office would decide if Anderson's actions amount to moral turpitude, said Rosenkoetter.
Full Name: Jeremy Warren Anderson AKA Jeremy W. Anderson

RESIGNED June 20 - Anderson resigned. A court date is scheduled for July 5.

SENTENCED October 30 - Anderson was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a $1000 fine for a “common assault” of a 15-year-old student. The victim took the stand at the August 29 trial.
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ONLINE: There are NO teacher disciplinary actions online at the Missouri Department of Education. The Missouri Board of Education meeting minutes are not online either.

You can, however, search at the Missouri Department of Revenue for a business (by county, city, name or ID tax number) to see if they have had their sales tax license revoked for failure to remit sales tax.

At the Missouri Division of Professional Registration, you can look for licensee information for Accountants, Architects, Dentists, Doctors, Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists and Pharmacists and other professions. At the Missouri Board of Healing Arts you can browse through license suspensions. Their monthly newsletters contains information on license actions.

However, you can not find any information on disciplinary actions that may have been taken against a person who is in daily contact with your child. It's a lack of transparency that no parent should tolerate.

Houston, TEXAS

Tipped off that someone was smoking marijuana behind the elementary school.

October 30, 2008 - Susan Michael, 51, a teacher at Whittier Elementary, was arrested after someone called into a tip line to report that someone was smoking marijuana behind the school.

Police took in drug dogs and got a hit on a car in the parking lot. After authorities got consent to search it, police found three rolled cigarettes with green leafy substance and a small amount of Hydrocodone in the car.

Michael was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance in a drug free zone.
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SCHOOL INFO: The school rates 3 (with 10 being the highest) at GreatSchools.net. Student population is 95% Hispanic and 3% White and 2% Black. Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program = 87%. of the student population.