A Shoreline School District investigation found a Shorecrest High School teacher had trouble maintaining boundaries with her students, smoking marijuana with them and socializing with them on evenings and weekends.
Sondra Wilson, a special education teacher, resigned Aug. 31 after three years at the school. The district’s report signed by Superintendent Sue Walker came to three conclusions concerning Wilson’s actions with students:
Ÿ She smoked marijuana with students in May 2009.
Ÿ She provided money to a student with the purpose of having the student purchase marijuana in May 2009.
Ÿ She socialized with the students outside of school in the evenings and weekends, using her own vehicle, known as the “Blue Dolphin,” as a means of transportation. At one point Wilson let a student drive her car and when he backed the car into an unoccupied van at a park she reportedly told the student, “It’s OK, I won’t tell anyone.”
The mother of one of the boys involved felt her trust had been violated by Wilson and the family reported the incident to Child Protective Services, according to a report by the Seattle law firm of Dionne &Rorick.
The report did not find any romantic or sexual relationship between Wilson and the students.
The district reported its findings to the Office of Professional Practices arm of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Olympia, and Wilson’s fate as a teacher in the state will be decided there.
The applicable laws to Wilson’s case regard violating the requirement of good moral character and fitness, alcohol or controlled substance abuse and disregard or abandonment of generally recognized professional standards.
The Enterprise could not reach Wilson for comment.
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