December 11th, 2006
Remember back in July of 2005 when Money magazine named Moorestown, NJ the #1 town in all of America? I went on a somewhat unbecoming tirade because, while I love my hometown and would suggest it as a great place to live and have a family, it clearly isn’t the best town in South Jersey, let alone America. (There was a part 2 to the tirade. Just for good measure.)
On Saturday, The Pig sent along this story about drugs in Moorestown’s high school:
A search at one of the most elite public high schools in the region turned up “significant” amounts of cocaine, amphetamines, diet pills, marijuana, prescription drugs, and drug paraphernalia, school authorities said last night.
The drugs were found at Moorestown High – a school flush with Advanced Placement courses, where 94 percent of students go on to college and where most participate in extracurricular activities.
After an investigation by school officials, six students were questioned by authorities Wednesday, searched, and given drug tests and arrested, interim district Superintendent Timothy Brennan said. . . .
“I sense that the results of the high school administration’s investigation are an indication of a larger problem,” Brennan said.
The mood in Moorestown High, which has about 1,300 students, was edgy, Brennan said.
“There’s been more of a sense of unrest at the high school,” he said. “Some of the students are upset and surprised that this happened at their school. Some are wondering what the future holds.”
I’ll be the editors at Money are thrilled this morning that they didn’t name Moorestown America’s #1 town this year.
Bonus: If you want more dish, there’s a Fark comments thread on the story.
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