Best substitute teacher ever fired for smoking pot in class at Massachusetts high school
12/18/2019 - 🖒 40
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Whether criminal charges will be filed is not yet clear.</p>\n<p>“School administrators wouldn't go into detail about the amount of time the substitute has been working in the school system.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">Substitute teacher fired for allegedly smoking marijuana in classroom </a> [turnto10.com]</p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">WJAR-TV</a> via <a href=\"https://apnews.com/c9b1d1e233cf0fe3a2e77db67dc70585\">AP</a>]</p>", "direction": "ltr", "unsanitized": "<html><head></head><body><p>Set and setting, people. </p>\n<p><span></span></p>\n<p>A substitute teacher in Massachusetts shocked students and high school staff, authorities say, by lighting up some marijuana in class and inviting students to join in a discussion about cannabis.</p>\n<p>The unnamed teacher was fired on Monday from their job at North Attleborough High School, after students reported the incident to adults, said Principal Peter Haviland. </p>\n<p>He said the students who turned the teacher in showed maturity and courage, and that the experience was “unfortunate and unprecedented.”</p>\n<p>“It was their quick decisions to report the concerns which allowed our school to immediately intervene and remove the individual who created the unsafe environment,” Haviland said in a statement shared with news reporters.</p>\n<p>The teacher's name was not released, but they are banned from the school. Whether criminal charges will be filed is not yet clear.</p>\n<p>“School administrators wouldn't go into detail about the amount of time the substitute has been working in the school system.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">Substitute teacher fired for allegedly smoking marijuana in classroom </a> [turnto10.com]</p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">WJAR-TV</a> via <a href=\"https://apnews.com/c9b1d1e233cf0fe3a2e77db67dc70585\">AP</a>]</p></body></html>" }, "title": "Best substitute teacher ever fired for smoking pot in class at Massachusetts high school", "author": "Xeni Jardin", "summary": { "content": "<p>Set and setting, people. </p>\n<p><span></span></p>\n<p>A substitute teacher in Massachusetts shocked students and high school staff, authorities say, by lighting up some marijuana in class and inviting students to join in a discussion about cannabis.</p>\n<p>The unnamed teacher was fired on Monday from their job at North Attleborough High School, after students reported the incident to adults, said Principal Peter Haviland. </p>\n<p>He said the students who turned the teacher in showed maturity and courage, and that the experience was “unfortunate and unprecedented.”</p>\n<p>“It was their quick decisions to report the concerns which allowed our school to immediately intervene and remove the individual who created the unsafe environment,” Haviland said in a statement shared with news reporters.</p>\n<p>The teacher's name was not released, but they are banned from the school. Whether criminal charges will be filed is not yet clear.</p>\n<p>“School administrators wouldn't go into detail about the amount of time the substitute has been working in the school system.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">Substitute teacher fired for allegedly smoking marijuana in classroom </a> [turnto10.com]</p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https://turnto10.com/news/local/substitute-teacher-fired-for-allegedly-smoking-marijuana-in-classroom\">WJAR-TV</a> via <a href=\"https://apnews.com/c9b1d1e233cf0fe3a2e77db67dc70585\">AP</a>] <a href=\"https://boingboing.net/2019/12/18/best-substitute-teacher-ever-f.html\">Read the rest </a></p>", "direction": "ltr" }, "enclosure": [ { "href": "https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/police-862341_960_720.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1" } ], "alternate": [ { "href": "https://boingboing.net/2019/12/18/best-substitute-teacher-ever-f.html", "type": "text/html" } ], "crawled": 1576698481820, "published": 1576698187000, "origin": { "streamId": "feed/http://boingboing.net/rss", "title": "Boing Boing", "htmlUrl": "https://boingboing.net" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://boingboing.net/2019/12/18/best-substitute-teacher-ever-f.html", "unread": false, "readTime": 226444, "categories": [ { "id": "user/447f76f6-44df-414e-a9af-794a73847bdb/category/global.must", "label": "Must Read" }, { "id": "user/447f76f6-44df-414e-a9af-794a73847bdb/category/Marketing", "label": "Marketing" }, { "id": "user/447f76f6-44df-414e-a9af-794a73847bdb/category/News", "label": "News" } ], "tags": [ { "id": "user/447f76f6-44df-414e-a9af-794a73847bdb/tag/Laugh", "label": "Laugh" }, { "id": "user/447f76f6-44df-414e-a9af-794a73847bdb/tag/global.read", "label": "" } ], "actionTimestamp": 1576732418066, "engagement": 40, "webfeeds": { "icon": "http://storage.googleapis.com/test-site-assets/yLHwCaE43Rw1y3K7e7JJPfLqBNbwl2gPdaXph-LEs60_oicon-14ebc38142e", "relatedLayout": "card", "relatedTarget": "browser", "coverImage": "http://storage.googleapis.com/test-site-assets/yLHwCaE43Rw1y3K7e7JJPfLqBNbwl2gPdaXph-LEs60_ocover-14ebc384460" } }