HARTFORD, Conn. -- The state Board of Education has restored the teaching license of a man who was convicted of selling drugs while he was a math teacher at a New Haven school.
"I believe in redemption and second chances," Patricia Luke, vice chairwoman of the state board said Thursday. "Without second chances in this world, we would lose much talent and so many gifts."
Orlando Hernandez, 37, will be allowed to return to the classroom, but under some very strict conditions. He will be subject to random drug testing and the decision limits him to teaching at The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport until 2010.
"There are extraordinary mitigating circumstances," John Gesmonde, Hernandez's attorney said Thursday. "Up to age 32, his lips never touched alcohol and he never touched drugs. This can only be explained by a confluence of factors that even the most admirable person would be affected.
According to documents on file with the state education department, Hernandez was arrested during a turbulent period of his life that included the death of his infant son and separation from his wife.
Hernandez was a math teacher at Fair Haven Middle School when he was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer in 2003. Hernandez's teaching certificate was automatically revoked when he was convicted Feb. 11, 2004. He was given a conditional discharge and a suspended sentence of three years in prison.
Hernandez resigned from Fair Haven middle school in 2004 after his conviction. He was hired again last fall at the Bridge Academy, but state officials soon revoked his license.
Hernandez appealed to the board to reinstate him June 25, then returned with a consent agreement in which he offered to undergo extensive monitoring until Oct. 31, 2010, if reinstated.
"Without second chances in this world, we would lose much talent and so many gifts."
And without second chances most sex offender's wouldnt have a chance to re offend.
He will be subject to random drug testing and the decision limits him to teaching at The Bridge Academy in Bridgeport until 2010.
His problem wasnt taking drugs, it was selling them.
Hernandez was a math teacher at Fair Haven Middle School when he was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer in 2003.
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