DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS FIND MARIJUANA IN TEACHERS' CARS

Another Houston ISD teacher was charged with possession of marijuana
Thursday after authorities said they found the drug in his car at school.

Gabriel Moseley, a 32-year-old teacher at Williams Middle School in
north Houston, faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if
convicted of the misdemeanor charge. HISD said two teachers at
Williams were caught with drugs, but the Harris County District
Attorney's Office said only Moseley has been charged.

Since October, at least four other HISD teachers and one custodian -
from Whittier Elementary, Woodson Middle, Wheatley High and Worthing
High - have been charged with having drugs on school grounds, said
district spokesman Norm Uhl.

HISD did not release information about the Woodson incidents until
Thursday. But district and court records show that Anthony A. Martin,
a 51-year-old custodian at Woodson, was charged last week with
possession of marijuana on school grounds.

Cleo Walker Gibbs, a 53-year-old teacher at the same school, was
charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana, records show.

The drug charges at the various schools have resulted from calls to
HISD's police tip line, Uhl said. The Police Department's drug dog,
Reno, was sent to sniff out the school parking lots, he added.

District officials suspect the tips are coming from employees, not
students.

"We believe the media coverage of these cases has led to more tips,"
Uhl said.

HISD teachers are not subject to random drug testing. The random tests
are given only to bus drivers, police officers and those classified as
safety and security personnel, Uhl said.

In addition to the drug allegations at school, an assistant principal
at Sharpstown High School was charged earlier this year with felony
possession of marijuana, accused of growing the drug at his house.