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Mr. Chesshir said he and elementary school assistant principal Mary Ann Biggs have gone into each classroom in fourth through seventh grade to talk about the policy. “We let everybody know the School Board’s policy has teeth," he said. “We tell them that pretending to use drugs is dangerous. Just like you can’t yell ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater because you can cause a panic, pretending to use drugs can be very frightening to some students.”
In one instance a student on the bus was approached by another student who offered her drugs several times. When she declined, he poured a white powder in his hand and sniffed it up his nose. This incident was reported to both the Sheriffs Department and the school administration.
In a related incident on another bus, two students found a pen filled with a white powder. They gave it to the bus driver who turned it over to the administration. That white powder was tested.
Captain Ed Streapy of the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department said, “We did a drug test and found no controlled substance. We have no way of testing for chalk dust, but it probably was chalk dust, the kid said it was. ”
Capt. Streapy said as far as the Sheriffs Department is concerned, “The matter is closed. They (the school administration) handled it. They disciplined the kids for the prank, and that’s what it was."
Dr. Gangel expressed concern that these incidents and the rumors about them are causing a serious “public relations problem” for the school. Because of the need to protect the privacy of the students involved, he can not give accounts of the incidents, but he is satisfied that there is no evidence to support the minors that there i. drug use at the Rappahannock County Elementary School.
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