A 57-year-old New Jersey art teacher OD’d in his classroom at 9 am. Fortunately for him, an officer arrived with Narcan and recognized the signs of a drug overdose. Teachers should be spot-screened for drugs but unions won’t allow it. Children are too important to be subjected to drug addicts. Fentanyl is dangerous; you can breathe it in if near someone who took it.
The teacher now faces felony charges filed on January 5th. It took NJ over a month to charge him.
The Westfield Police Department said it happened at Roosevelt Intermediate School in NJ.
Frank Thompson was found unconscious and unresponsive on the floor of his second-floor classroom just after 9 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2022.
A school nurse was actively treating him in front of students when the police arrived.
In a note to parents, the school district said the classroom was sealed off and then sanitized.
Classes were temporarily moved to an alternate location, and a former teacher returned to maintain the continuity of instruction.
NJ art teacher overdoses in front of studentshttps://t.co/IEnPNouOoo
— Darius Radzius (@DariusRadzius) January 6, 2023
Teachers should be drug screened at least Quarterly, if not money. It may also be a good policy for students from Middle School all the way through College.
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