'Intent was not to harm students': Principal resigns after stealing drugs prescribed to students
By Bobby Cherry
Great Valley High School website SOURCE: Great Valley High School website
A Pennsylvania high school principal resigned after admitting he took students' prescriptions from the nurse's office.Surveillance video showed Great Valley High School Principal Michael Flick entering a locked room inside the Chester County school's nurse's office, WCAU-TV reported. The school is about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia.In late October, the nurse discovered that three pills were missing. An audit found that 93 pills had been taken from six different bottles that belonged to five students, the television station reported.The pills had been prescribed to treat ADHD.Flick was charged with multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance and theft, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.He told police he became addicted to drugs following a car crash several years ago, the newspaper reported.Officials said a limited number of people had access to the cart where the medication was kept."Mr. Flick's intent was not to harm students, and he has asked that we share with you his apology and deep regrets," district Superintendent Regina Speaker Palubinsky said in a letter to families.Flick apologized for taking the pills."I deeply regret any pain I may have caused, and I apologize to anyone who feels I have let them down," he wrote in a letter.Flick said he will "seek treatment and rehabilitation and the opportunity to focus on my health and family."
A Pennsylvania high school principal resigned after admitting he took students' prescriptions from the nurse's office.
Surveillance video showed Great Valley High School Principal Michael Flick entering a locked room inside the Chester County school's nurse's office, WCAU-TV reported. The school is about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
In late October, the nurse discovered that three pills were missing. An audit found that 93 pills had been taken from six different bottles that belonged to five students, the television station reported.
The pills had been prescribed to treat ADHD.
Flick was charged with multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance and theft, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
He told police he became addicted to drugs following a car crash several years ago, the newspaper reported.
Officials said a limited number of people had access to the cart where the medication was kept.
"Mr. Flick's intent was not to harm students, and he has asked that we share with you his apology and deep regrets," district Superintendent Regina Speaker Palubinsky said in a letter to families.
Flick apologized for taking the pills.
"I deeply regret any pain I may have caused, and I apologize to anyone who feels I have let them down," he wrote in a letter.
Flick said he will "seek treatment and rehabilitation and the opportunity to focus on my health and family."