Boone County career center closes after meth residue found

[Hubert Flottz]

Boone County career center closes after meth residue found
By Davin White
The Charleston Gazette

MADISON, W.Va. -- Parents and teachers spoke out at a meeting Monday evening in Madison after news broke that the Boone County Career and Technical Center has been closed because areas of the building tested positive for methamphetamine residue.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources recommended the Danville school close on Friday, after State Police investigated allegations that employees possessed and smoked meth in the building and contractors discovered residue.

State Police Sgt. Anthony Perdue has said that teacher Jack Turley admitted to smoking meth with Principal Keith Edward Phipps in the principal's office during the school year, according to published reports. Perdue did not immediately return phone messages from the Gazette on Monday.

Both Turley and Phipps have been suspended. Turley is suspended without pay -- school officials confirmed -- but it was unclear if Phipps was still receiving pay. Read more...

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201107250705

Need to learn a new trade?...methamphetamine hydrochloride 101?...the dummy dust has invaded and threatens to ruin this state.

[theHandpuppet]

1. Tell me about it

Meth is destroying our town, its families and their children. My immediate neighborhood has been wrecked by this poison but we can't afford to move out.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. I have been watching the same thing happen in this area too...

Seems to have gotten worse since there is no work to keep the young folks busy. No hope in sight for a better tomorrow.

The country is coming unglued. The trade school in Boone county was the one chance a lot of those kids had to get a leg up. The fools behind this crime should be put away for a very long time to reflect on their stupidity.

[ellenfl]

3. did u read the comments? union-bashing. do tech schools have teacher unions? eom

[Hubert Flottz]

4. "do tech schools have teacher unions?"

I think they do. AT Massey has been spending lots of money for years on TV ads attacking unions around here. I guess this is the scabby attitude they've fomented in an area where they've dominated so many employees and their families.