School Makes Good Use Of Confiscated Pot Growing Equipment
Published: June 15, 2005
A high school science class recently got a lesson in civics thanks to some police officers.
Budget constraints have made it hard to find money to buy the latest equipment for Shirley Tautolo’s horticulture class, according to the teacher at Huron High School.
But now her students have new pots and heat lamps to cultivate plants. The gear was seized from the apartment of a man busted for growing marijuana.
Police donated the indoor gardening equipment to the school earlier this month. The suspect was arrested in November after a neighbor smelled smoke. He pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana and was sentenced to probation and a $500 fine.
Police seized a scale, two lamp bulbs, a high-intensity light, two fluorescent lamps, nine pots with marijuana plants and 23 empty pots.
“It’s a shame to throw this stuff away,” Lt. Greg Plagens said. “You want to use it for something positive.”
The pots will be used to grow vegetables and herbs in the fall after a thorough cleaning.
“Something that was used for bad will be used for good,” said Tautolo, whose classes help prepare students for jobs in farming, landscaping and gardening, or for college study.
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