Judge: Texas Can't Suspend Teacher for Getting High in Colorado
An administrative-law judge has ruled that Texas teacher Maryam Roland can't be suspended after testing positive for marijuana she says she consumed legally while on vacation in Colorado.
An extremely just decision, in our opinion. But Roland wouldn't have been put in this position in the first place if it weren't for an allegedly disgruntled ex-school-district employee who pointed the finger at her, an administrator who subjected her to drug testing even though there was zero evidence that she'd been impaired on the job, and the Texas Board for Educator Certification, which would have prevented Roland from teaching for two full years if Judge William Newchurch hadn't rejected the punishment.
We jointly nominate them as our latest Schmucks of the Week — and there are plenty of reasons why to be found in an Austin American-Statesman article written by Westword alum Eric Dexheimer and Newchurch's ruling, on view below in its entirety.
According to the document, Roland was a teacher at Ysleta Independent School District at Parkland High School, in the El Paso area. She resigned from the school on February 20, 2015.
Read more: http://www.westword.com/news/judge-texas-cant-suspend-teacher-for-getting-high-in-colorado-8728066
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