a separate tribunal decision<\/a>, admitting that sniffing the white powder was “the most stupid thing” he had ever done. <\/p>\nThe morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including new photos and video of Epstein Island, what we\u2019ve been Googling this year, and a tough World Cup draw for the All Blacks. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
The deputy principal shut the party down after another teacher told them their colleague was offering “lines”. <\/p>\n
The deputy principal met with the teacher a few days afterwards to talk about her behaviour at the party. The teacher denied having drugs and said she was “just asking them if that was what they were into”.<\/p>\n
She later admitted to asking colleagues if they wanted to “do a line”.<\/p>\n
Both teachers disciplined over the incident underwent a drug test, and no substances, including cocaine, were detected in their systems. No criminal investigation was launched as both tests were negative for drugs. <\/p>\n
‘Embarrassed and distressed’<\/p>\n
In an affidavit, the teacher expressed her “deepest regret and sincere apologies” for her conduct, admitting she was “heavily intoxicated” and should not have gone back to school to continue socialising. <\/p>\n
She said she was “embarrassed and distressed” by what happened and by the way the school handled the allegations. <\/p>\n
She said she experienced “huge damage to my hauora and mana”. <\/p>\n
“I have spent a lot of time thinking about what happened and doing everything I can to move on in a proactive way so that I can continue to focus on the mahi that I love.<\/p>\n
“I am really proud of all of my contributions to teaching and the wider community.”<\/p>\n
‘Stupid drunken horseplay’<\/p>\n
The Complaints Assessment Committee, which investigates allegations for the tribunal, described her conduct as “stupid drunken horseplay” rather than the supply of an illicit substance. <\/p>\n
Chair Catherine Garvey said that while the background was “unsatisfactory for the Tribunal regarding certain critical details of the incident, we determined the charge as it was presented to us”.<\/p>\n
Garvey said using a classroom to continue the party was “very unwise”. <\/p>\n
“There is a clear risk that conduct by a teacher on school premises will be perceived as reflecting on their professionalism, including conduct that might be viewed differently if occurring on private premises.<\/p>\n
“School grounds are often used for recreation, cultural and sporting activities, meaning the potential for teachers who are present out of school hours to be observed by members of the public.” <\/p>\n
She said that even though there was no proof that real drugs were involved, “pretending to take a prohibited substance is not consistent with modelling positive behaviour”. <\/p>\n
The tribunal found her conduct amounted to serious misconduct and was likely to “bring the teaching profession into disrepute”. <\/p>\n
She was censured and must, for the next two years, disclose a copy of the tribunal’s decision to her current employer and any prospective employer. <\/p>\n
She was now working in a teaching and leadership position at an Auckland secondary school. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teacher has been censured for asking colleagues if they wanted to “do a line” of white powder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,84,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-166752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}