Pages

Thursday, May 2, 2024

'Rampant' drug use raises concern at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County


MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A ninth-grade English teacher at Kennedy High School in Glenmont said what's happening at the school is also happening at other public schools in Montgomery County.

At an April 11 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education hearing David Gebler told school board members the halls at Kennedy "reek of marijuana."

"Usually drug use occurs in our bathrooms but vaping directly in the halls is becoming popular, and make no mistake, the ever-rising opioid epidemic is in our buildings," he testified.

Gebler described the drug use at Kennedy as "daily, rampant, and repeated."..

https://wjla.com/news/local/drugs-kennedy-high-school-montgomery-county-public-schools-board-education-hearing-testified-david-gebler-policy-change-concerns-crime

4 comments:

  1. From the halls of our Alma mater
    To the bathrooms of Kennedy High
    There is a daily reek of marijuana
    To help us think and open our eyes.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I wonder if they obtained special permission from the county's
    Education and Culture Committee.

    ReplyDelete
  3. If a school has been identified as having an issue with illegal substances being on school property, seems like it would be incredibly irresponsible to not bring drug dogs through the building on a sweep, unannounced, maybe during an assembly. I don't think MCPS is that concerned though, they'll wait until a kid overdoses before they do what nearly every other school district does on a quarterly basis.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. While our legislative leaders will keep introducing bills that go nowhere in honor of the victims:
      https://www.fox5dc.com/news/victims-families-maryland-legislators-fight-to-increase-punishment-for-drug-dealers

      Delete

If your comment does not appear in 24 hours, please send your comment directly to our e-mail address:
parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com