Video of high school students who appear to be smoking pot inside a classroom (KTLA) |
SAN BERNARDINO (KTLA) -- Caught on tape: high school students who appear to be smoking marijuana in class -- with their teacher in the classroom!
A student who wishes to remain anonymous – for fear of recriminations at school -- describes the cell phone video she recorded in class. "It's just like, oh! Teacher, she's not looking? Let's spark it up! And I was like, okay, I'm going to record you doing it! It's like an everyday thing."
KTLA News acquired the cell phone video exclusively from the student, who videotaped the activity in class at Cajon High School in San Bernardino.
The student told us she videotaped the behavior because her mother didn't believe it was happening, with frequency, in class.
"I come home, 'Mom, these kids are smoking in the classroom,'" the student told us. "She didn't believe me. I'm like, 'I'm going to record it and show you.'"
We viewed the video with the student and her mother, who also chose not to be identified. But the student's mother feels the story needs to be told.
"I think the teacher, the principal, the school board should be held accountable for what these children are doing," she says.
In addition to the pot-smoking in class, the student alleges other illicit activity on campus, including the sale of marijuana, the sale of pills, consumption of alcohol, and overt sexual activity.
"They're selling stuff," the student says, "And you're like 'How do you sell pills in school and donÂ’t get caught? How do you drink, and donÂ’t get caught?' They do it at lunchtime, and they do it in classrooms."
KTLA News called Cajon High School to discuss the allegations, but the school principal's office declined to comment. Office assistants referred us instead to the San Bernardino City School District.
At the District Board of Education, Director of Communications Linda Bardere told us she could not address the specific allegations at Cajon High, since it is an ongoing investigation. But she insisted the environment at Cajon High is safe.
"Our District has set forth policies that have a zero-tolerance to alcohol and drug use," Bardere told us, "And we are confident that our school sites are enforcing those policies."
But other Cajon High students we spoke to near the school campus told us they see illegal substances in class and out every day.
One student told us he has seen marijuana, pills, and drinking in class. Another student told us it's easy to buy drugs on campus, a place where casual drug deals transpire regularly.
As for the student who did the videotaping, she says others need to know whatÂ’s going on.
"This is a school," the student says. "We're supposed to be learning. Not making out, not selling drugs, not doing other things besides learning."
A student who wishes to remain anonymous – for fear of recriminations at school -- describes the cell phone video she recorded in class. "It's just like, oh! Teacher, she's not looking? Let's spark it up! And I was like, okay, I'm going to record you doing it! It's like an everyday thing."
KTLA News acquired the cell phone video exclusively from the student, who videotaped the activity in class at Cajon High School in San Bernardino.
The student told us she videotaped the behavior because her mother didn't believe it was happening, with frequency, in class.
"I come home, 'Mom, these kids are smoking in the classroom,'" the student told us. "She didn't believe me. I'm like, 'I'm going to record it and show you.'"
We viewed the video with the student and her mother, who also chose not to be identified. But the student's mother feels the story needs to be told.
"I think the teacher, the principal, the school board should be held accountable for what these children are doing," she says.
In addition to the pot-smoking in class, the student alleges other illicit activity on campus, including the sale of marijuana, the sale of pills, consumption of alcohol, and overt sexual activity.
"They're selling stuff," the student says, "And you're like 'How do you sell pills in school and donÂ’t get caught? How do you drink, and donÂ’t get caught?' They do it at lunchtime, and they do it in classrooms."
KTLA News called Cajon High School to discuss the allegations, but the school principal's office declined to comment. Office assistants referred us instead to the San Bernardino City School District.
At the District Board of Education, Director of Communications Linda Bardere told us she could not address the specific allegations at Cajon High, since it is an ongoing investigation. But she insisted the environment at Cajon High is safe.
"Our District has set forth policies that have a zero-tolerance to alcohol and drug use," Bardere told us, "And we are confident that our school sites are enforcing those policies."
But other Cajon High students we spoke to near the school campus told us they see illegal substances in class and out every day.
One student told us he has seen marijuana, pills, and drinking in class. Another student told us it's easy to buy drugs on campus, a place where casual drug deals transpire regularly.
As for the student who did the videotaping, she says others need to know whatÂ’s going on.
"This is a school," the student says. "We're supposed to be learning. Not making out, not selling drugs, not doing other things besides learning."
