An elementary teacher arrested 2½ years ago for taking breaks from his students by snorting cocaine might finally have his teaching licence revoked.
Sean Lee Gibson, a former Grade 4 teacher at St. Gabriel Catholic school, will have a disciplinary hearing before the Ontario College of Teachers next month. The college is alleging professional misconduct and incompetence.
Gibson was arrested in October 2012, after police were tipped off about his cocaine habit. Officers watched Gibson make frequent trips during the day to a particular, single washroom within the school. On two days, police cleaned the washroom before Gibson entered several times, and swabbed surfaces after he left. They found cocaine residue on the countertop.
Police followed him home at lunchtime and arrested him as he exited his apartment. In his pocket was a plastic baggie containing 0.1 grams of cocaine.
Gibson was on probation at the time for making threats to his ex-spouse.
The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board fired Gibson a month later. He had been a teacher with the board for 10 years.
Gibson was convicted in November 2013 of drug possession and sentenced to 45 days on house arrest.
If Gibson is found guilty of professional misconduct or found to be incompetent, the college could revoke his teaching certificate. Gibson’s certificate has been suspended for non-payment of fees.
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