They DID go public, finally after a month under wraps... to a degree anyway.

A "plant" seems too far fetched to me. Who would "plant" 2 grams of coke in an effort to "get" somebody?

1) 2 grams is pricey...
2) There was no obvious link to who would be doing coke... no name, no incriminating evidence attached to identify anyone...
3) No one's talking... its a small town, I assume it is a "closet user" and no one knows about the person's drug use...

Probably an upstanding teacher, with a secret...

JMOO of course....

Note to Milton P.D....Do we have any suspects yet??? You can get alot of leads(and probably solve the case) by "going public"....

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Hey isnt there some Desperate Housewife scene where the ex plants evidence at their job?

But its a city run building. A Public School. The same rules applies if you go to a courthouse and get scanned through th emetal detector.

... and the 4th covers individuals' rights, no matter where the crime is alleged to have occured.

It's only probable cause if you know or suspect whose it is... :D

I would say two grams of cocaine is probable cause wouldn't you?

A public school where our children go to was found to have two grams of cocaine in it. NOT a private residence. Your argument really does NOT apply.

My political agenda is about protecting the individuals in our country. The election was about change. Well let's not talk about it let's be about it.
Fact is in our country alone, thousands go without healthcare, medicine, schooling, food, clothing, a home. As a country we spend too much on NASA and wars and helping other countries. What about the children here in our country?

> Besides, if you have nothing to feel guilty about, what's the difference?
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lol, just this...
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

nurse4u - I hope you voted and if so, I hope it was not (in your singular case) for a Republican candidate -- if you truly believe that social programs are of equal or more importance than defense and technology.
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To everyone else, I apologize for what appears to be a sweeping generalization.

LMAO.
I am sure that would not be an issue.
Besides, if you have nothing to feel guilty about, what's the difference?
I took drug tests for my job. I am sure many others did too. Its about being in a safe work enviornment and being able to trust individuals that we leave our children with eight hours a day.
I'm not feeling so trusting right now.

Test everyone? Unconstitutional and un-American. Apparently you are so far removed from the concept of "innoncent until proven guilty" that it truly boggles the mind.
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Suppose everyone were tested and the result was inconclusive? Now what?

I was being sarcastic.
Don't have a cow, man.

Um, like I totally don't like care, if there is a little AS IF in someone's like comment. Like, what's the big deal, dude?

"AS IF" Are you like totally serious or something...I mean she goes "AS IF" and I was all like oh no she didnt...OMG are you serious? Yeah like for real.
Nurse4u...lets keep the valley girl talk off the comment board.

Nasa $17,000,000,000
DOD $719,000,000,000.

I don't know about you, but it seems to me that that amount of money either way, never mind combined, could go a LONG way in taking care of the homeless, hungry, impoverished people in our country.
I bet there would even be money left over to give our children school supplies and extracurricular activities too!
But wait! In addition, We even have money to bail out Fannie Mae so they can go on a spa weekend instead!

Here's a thought:
Test all personnel and students. The person who tests positive for cocaine and proven to actually be dirty with the drug, well then they can be responsible for ALL costs incurred with testing everyone.
I give permission for my children to be tested. As a mother, I would want to know if my child was doing drugs.

False positives do happen like I said. That is why you get a detailed history of the medications they are on and then retest that person. Certain medications will come up positive for illegal drugs. Thankfully, medical personnel know what those medications are.
Also, what I said about NASA and war was a combination of both, not one over the other. Like I said, we can spend money on either one, but not address the issues in our own country?

I am just wondering why someone would just leave that amount of cocaine laying out on a table in that area. I mean, even if you got interrupted in the middle of doing it, wouldn't you at least try to put it away or hide it?? I don't think there is any point of just leaving it there to get someone in trouble...because unless someone confesses, it would be almost impossible to pin it on someone.

Let's all convict the teachers even though they don't know where it came from. I'm sure it couldn't have been a student that just walked in or a custodian, right?????? C'mon, quit with the teacher bashing already. I'm not thrilled to hear about it either but society can't keep running around convicting people before anything is proven.

As for drug testing...can it be required of public employees? Maybe it is just something in the union contract.

And nurse4u, what about false positives? Any test has a failure rate, say it is only 1 in 10,000. If you randomly tested 100 teachers every month, someone would be falsely accused once every eight years and four months.
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Again, we are back to a situation in your worldview where someone innocent would have to prove their innocence.
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That, my friends, is UNAMERICAN.

"We spend so much on war and space"
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Ummm... no. We have spent more in Iraq in seven years than has EVER been spent on NASA in its entire fifty year existence.
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In 2008, you and I and every one else spent:

NASA:..................................................... $17,000,000,000
DoD, Intelligence, DHS, Border: .... $ 719,000,000,000

I'd rather pay higher taxes for random drug testing than having the potential of teachers doing drugs at school. I mean, how safe is that?

Cocaine causes rapid mood swings. I do NOT want MY children exposed to that potentially deadly situation.
We spend so much money on war and space programs, what about what is going on in our own country????!!

Cocaine is not out of your system in 72 hours and is NOT in your hair for life. Cocaine is in your system depending on the half life (usually an hour) and the amount ingested. Most hair tests can detect cocaine in the system for about 3-6 months after last routine use. In addition, African Americans retain the drug on a more consistent basis than Caucasians. You also have to take in account substances and medications that can show up as a false positive.
What does DNA have to do with this? That someone might have left DNA on or near the bag? Then you get into legalalities such as who has access to the room and then their DNA is worthless anyway because of transfer.
I thought random drug tests were mandatory-especially when working with students.

On the other hand, fbcoach66 writes..."As a teacher, I would NEVER submit to a voluntary DNA test."
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Hell, as a CITIZEN, I'd never submit to a voluntary DNA test.

"even if you tested 99% of them (at a considerable cost) you still won't have enough evidence to charge anyone."
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Unless, of course, you got a positive match.

Also, I've worked for places that had "random" drug test policies - but it seemed like only a select group of people ever got tested. The young, unmarried males.

I decided that I was tired of being treated like a criminal and won't work for a company that does random drug testing.

If I get hurt on the job - a drug test is mandatory. That is fine for me, but the random testing is crap.

Instead of treating every teacher like a criminal let's take a sane look at this problem. There is a very good chance that the drug was left there by someone other than a teacher - does this still warrent a DNA witchhunt?

DNA tests are expensive. And on that same note random drug testing for teachers? Wow, you're just itching for higher taxes - aren't you?

Like I said before though - if it was a teacher they don't have to submit a DNA test for two reasons -
1. its voluntary
2. 5th amendment

So even if you tested 99% of them (at a considerable cost) you still won't have enough evidence to charge anyone.

spacejam i concur .

Random drug testing should be done from here-on-out. Everyone employeed, from law enforcement to politicians. If I was an employer, you darn right I would test everyone. Testing would get rid of alot of confussion , save lives and money. Alot of insurance company's lower rates for companies that do drug test. To not random drug test is absurd!!!!!!

Luckily spacejam we have that old piece of paper called the constitution and something about innocent until proven guilty. I teach my students about laws and responsibility and the horrors goverments run with uncontrolled power and fear.
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As a teacher, I would NEVER submit to a voluntary DNA test. I was sitting in our teachers lounge just today and two kids walked right in. I asked them what they were doing, and they said just buying a soda. I told them not unless they were just hired as teachers.
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We've had banquets at our school, construction workers walking through etc. Walk around any high school in the area and I'll bet you can walk into any of the teachers lounges and bathrooms. Unless, they test everyone in the state every month, I'm out.
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And I hope if that day comes, we have another revolution. Because the total domination of our lives is exactly why their was a revolution in these parts some 200 years ago. Hopefully the fear mongers like you and most of the mainstream media never drive us to that!

that's wierd, it is snowing in M ilton already.

Random drug testing should be done from here-on-out. Everyone employeed, from law enforcement to politicians. If I was an employer, you darn right I would test everyone. Testing would get rid of alot of confussion , save lives and money. Alot of insurance company's lower rates for companies that do drug test. To not random drug test is absurd!!!!!!

Maybe it was the teacher that got busted in Walworth!

ITS A SET UP .PLANTED. GIVES MILTON POLICE SOMETHING TO DO.BESIDES TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.BETTER CALL CSI,THEY SHOULD EXAM ALL CITY OFFICALS.GET RID OF THE RIFF RAFF.

ALL staff mandatory testing ! 4 times a year.

Cocaine is out of your endocrine system in 72 hours, it stays in hair for life

I'm a parent of a student at MMS and I am also a Milton School District employee. Through a district employee email I became aware of something found on Oct. 3rd. This letter from the principal helped answer questions I've had about this situation. For that I'm glad it was sent. Also, as a district employee, there has been 'talk' and to know some facts versus 'hear say' is also good. I'm also still believing that anybody could have planted it in this location. I've worked in this building, it's not an impossible scenario.

Cocaines is out of your endocrine system in 72 hours, it stays in hair for life (or as long as you have the hair on your body), Id interview the bald teacher!

Well I'm happy the parents were FINALLY notified. For crying out loud... back 15 years ago, they wouldn't even send out a notice of head lice in the classes. We had the joy of experiencing first hand - not once but twice - after one particular family kept bringing their "little pets" back to school, over and over.

For being a "public" school, they certainly keep a lot of issues "private"...

Our local school tax dollars at work!

If a letter wasn't sent home, the school board would have been inundated with ticked off parents who felt they were kept in the dark.

And frankly, the 5th amendment will protect the guilty party anyway... dna samples aren't going to find the guilty party.

Unfortunately they will keep your DNA on record forever. Who knows what future dna uses we'll have, but I'd rather keep mine to myself and anyone who has a court order for it.

NURSE...the sad thing is, a student could quite possibly be the guilty one's dealer in this day and age. :o(

I am just sitting here wondering why a letter was sent home to the parents. Seriously. I guess when all is said and done, and the investigation is over, they would have the right to know, being their kids might be being taught by the one who had the drug. But, first don't you think you should have the whole story before you alarm parents.

Ummmmm....yeah, I see the person really coming forward. Good luck with that. They should have just drank redbull!

Wake up people, drugs are drugs no matter what kind or how much doesn't matter.What matters is that it was found and now there is an ongoing investigation. I think the biggest hurt is to Milton's Small Town Ego

My children attend Milton schools. To think that any child might have found two grams of cocaine and ingested it thinking it was some sort of Halloween candy! "Just cocaine" can cause heart attacks, strokes, DEATH.
Thankfully it was found before a tradegy occured.
"Just cocaine."
AS IF!!!

"Just cocaine"?
Are you kidding me?
Two grams of cocaine is more than enough to seriousely mess with someone's health/life, especially a middle school child!!

Who really cares WHO did it. In the end, it doesn't really matter WHO did it... just do your investigation, catch the perp, and get over it, move on. It's just cocaine, not a machine gun. I don't agree with it being on school grounds but there are worse things out there than cocaine... but yes, cocaine is bad...

Yes, why are we assuming it was a teacher or any staff member for that matter. We frequently had parents use the staff restroom at the school I used to teach at. And unless there is a key, combination or some other device required to access that restroom, any student could also have access to the area thinking it was a good place to hide it. JEEEESSSHHH! Wait for all the evidence to be in before you start convicting one of the teachers.

The substance in question could have come from a number of possible sources, including a visiting parent. We should not automatically assume it was a teacher.

And they say teachers are under paid,i'm sure they don't give that stuff away!!

Seems like someone is having trouble dealing with the kids sober... Won't be hard to tell who did it. A teacher can't afford a coke habit. Just quiz the ones that are defaulting on their bills.

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