Heroin-using Sapulpa teacher loses certification
The Oklahoma State Board of Education on Thursday revoked the teaching certification of a former Sapulpa elementary teacher convicted of bringing heroin into her classroom.
Megan Sloan, 27, was arrested May 1 after a fellow teacher at Holmes Park Elementary School reported discovering an online conversation in which Sloan discussed heroin use and pawning school property. Sloan had left her Facebook account open on a computer, authorities were told.
Sapulpa police who went to the school reportedly found black tar heroin, methamphetamine, prescription drugs and paraphernalia — including syringes with exposed needles and bent metal spoons with burn marks— in the purse Sloan had with her in a classroom.
An officer also reported witnessing Sloan tell school administrators that she took money from students for a field trip and used it to buy gasoline and drugs.
Sloan, 27, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor and embezzlement, and she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In the regular monthly meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education on Thursday, the board revoked Sloan's teaching certificate.
Last May when her certification was suspended, Sloan got a copy of a signed order with notification of a hearing for the board to consider revoking her certificate permanently.
Sloan tendered her resignation on April 28 — a few days before her May 1 arrest — with an effective date of May 16, the day after school let out for summer break.
Records show that on May 2, Sapulpa Public Schools Superintendent Rob Armstrong sent Sloan a notice that she was being suspended from her duties with full pay and benefits. He told the Tulsa World on May 11 that the school board voted to accept Sloan's resignation at a May 8 meeting.