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Posted: 7:27 PM May 24, 2008
Teacher Arrested For Handing Out Vitamins To Students
The 3rd grade teacher gave them the vitamins before end-of-grade testing.
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A Union County third-grade teacher has been arrested and suspended from his job after authorities accused him of handing out vitamin pills to students before end-of-grade testing.
The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that 48-year-old Stephen Doorly was suspended for violating Union County Public Schools policy regarding dispensing medications to students.
Deputies have charged Doorly with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, which is a misdemeanor.
He turned himself in and was released on $1,000 bond. A phone listing for Doorly could not be found.
School system spokeswoman Luan Ingram said a faculty member alerted the administration after two students took the vitamins before Wednesday's tests.
A third student couldn't swallow the pill.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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I feel as if the teacher had good intentions but it still doesn't justify the legal system of students taking medication at school unless given by the school nurse. Tylenol for pain or asthma medication is one thing, thats taking care of a situation in need, but vitamins are not justifing a problem at the present time. I am glad that the teacher got his or her punishment because that could of lead to a very bad situation. What is next in these school systems.
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Depending on the type of vitamins he gave to the children, and the children's size, he could have caused iron toxicity, or several other problems.
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Are vitamins medicine? Aren't they nutrients found in food? Don't lunchrooms give out vitamin rich breakfast items before the test? This sounds like much to do about nothing. Maybe he should have simply given the students candy.
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