These teachers and their questionable choices

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@Whitesparkled123
I cannot believe the hard time you are getting on here ! I do not want my kids taught by a drug user/ drug addict who thinks it is fine to break the law and be totally blasé about it. I am with you 100 percent.
No doubt if they were male teachers everyone would be tearing them to shreds.

Report it if you are concerned…..they may NFA the referral….but maybe others will report as well….or maybe not not but there will be another referral a few months down the line…..these referrals build up a picture…like a jigsaw……you don’t need evidence…..it’s enough that you are concerned and have YOU yourself know it to be true

What drug/s specifically?

But they are still parents of children and that is still a concern. There are plenty of jobs where being on a come down is an issue and unaccepatble ( most jobs in fact) so why make this a teacher issue? Drug taking is not common place in teaching, I don't know any teachers who have this sort of lifestyle.

unless it’s your child’s actual teacher this year then forget about it.

I used to go to raves and parties. I didn't do drugs. How do you know they are doing drugs? Most people are discreet in drug taking so I am guessing you've made a wild assumption based on stereotypes and also a pinch of jealousy that they are having fun and you're not

Amazingly, women can be great mothers, hold down a challenging career and still party hard all weekend!

They also have to teach the future generation whilst being on a come down? Come on now?

it’s the summer holidays. No teaching happening.

The OP has expressed no concerns about the quality of teaching, and has embellished her evidence as the thread has developed. I think the future generation is ok.

Of course they do - I am referring to an overwhelming tone over the whole thread rather than individual thoughts - and while there are opinions on this thread that the ops concerns are valid there is an overwhelming tone that this is ok. If the subject had been less "worthy" than a teacher the tone is most often on here the complete opposite

Are you just mad that you’ve not been invited?

If they worked in an office, they are not responsible for children the next day after a night out on the coke.. They also have to teach the future generation whilst being on a come down? Come on now?

Unless you'd do that after hearing they'd been drinking alcohol, there's no reason to do it for other intoxicants. We have archaic drug laws that are not fit for purpose.

It's not only that you'd need evidence of the drug taking to interest social services.. you'd also need evidence they were the sole carer for a young child at the time of the drug taking and that them being on drugs was negatively impacting their care of that child.
So yes this would be nigh on impossible to get social services interested in.
And for good reason.
I actually work in social and they aren't the morality police. They care about the welfare of children. They do not care about what adults do in their free time if there is no evidence they were solely responsible for a child at that time and there's no evidence a child was in danger or is being neglected etc.
Social services aren't there to decide how anyone lives their life they are there to protect children. Being incredibly invasive and heavy handed does not protect children. Children belong with their parents if at all possible. If the children are well cared for, appear happy and healthy.. there's just no need for social services intervention. It doesn't matter if you saw one of the parents doing mandy at a rave, it doesn't matter if they go to sex clubs or believe aliens walk the earth or spend their free time hugging trees or whatever thing you wouldn't do yourself. It doesn't even matter if they did something illegal (to social services I mean it may matter to the police) unless that has impacted on the care of their children and there is solid evidence for that. Social services aren't the morality police.

I don't think you are or should be the morality police either.
Do you genuinely have any evidence that these people are neglecting their kids or that they aren't doing their jobs well? And I don't mean just seeing them do drugs once at a party, or thinking they shouldn't have taken their kid to Notting Hill carnival. I mean actual evidence their lifestyle choices are affecting their parenting or their teaching?
If not then this is none of your business and you should wind your neck in.

I dont have children.
Im not keen on a lot of people firemen police officers some actors men in suits its a me problem.
Nothing about the person really its more of their job.

If you believe their children are at risk of harm then you should report to social services. They may not investigate on one report but it will stay "on file".

I am actually shocked at peoples casual attitude to drug taking. And believe me, I am no prude. I have someone quite close to me in my family that has episodes now still a full year later after stopping taking drugs.
Its a well known fact that taking Coke can cause psychotic episodes the next day on come downs. These women are likely to be teaching and responsible for 25 to 30 small kids the next day? If they were teaching my kid I def would be getting evidence and reporting.
They should not have gone in to that profession if they wanted the party life style and I 100% agree with OP that this is not something I would be comfortable with.

It's almost as if... different posters have different ideas..

I’m a teacher. We are human!

What we get up to in the holidays and at weekends is very different to our professional manners at school.

Me on a girls trip to Ibiza in the summer is a very different me that will be welcoming my new class this time next week.

That was my exact thoughts -there have been posts where the boyfriend does weed and the replies are along the lines of - if you expose your dc to this drug taking loser then you deserve to have your dc removed - but teachers can do class as with dc in the house

I'm surprised so many people think you're unreasonable.

A lot of my peers trained as teachers and many are recreational drug users. I do know this because I've seen it at parties (although don't use myself). If anything the teachers were more likely to be the drug users. While there are people who go into teaching because its a lifelong dream and they're passionate about teaching children, tbh many of the people I know who became teachers coasted along in life, weren't very responsible or sensible and sort of fell into teaching because they didn't know what else to do (and it was a job they were familiar with from being children). I wonder if there's a correlation between that personality type and taking recreational drugs.

I always found it bizarre and uncomfortable too.

Bizarre. 😂

It doesn't say not to get off your tits on drugs in your own garden in the teachers standards op. As a teacher who doesn't take drugs I find it offensive you are making this a a
thing about teachers. Do you have any evidence they aren't doing their jobs properly? The bigger issue is surely whether there are safeguarding concerns over their children....or would you keep your oar out of their business if they worked in an office because that wouldn't be a problem for you?

That is a serious issue, I agree.
How irresponsible if these things are true.

Watch Bad Teacher and have a laugh ... but you are right to be mindful of the care of children.
Drug or alcohol affected people are not ideal, true.

Could you write a book with changed names as the characters? Print it yourself and donate a copy to the school library.
Watch Bad Teacher again, as it is VERY funny!