FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield Schools aide has been fired, more than three months after allegations arose that she smoked marijuana at her home with at least one Fairfield Senior High School student.

        The contract of Linda Chaney, an aide who worked at the senior high school and East Elementary School, was terminated Monday by the Fairfield Board of Education on grounds of immoral conduct and failure of good behavior.

        Fairfield Township Police in December charged Ms. Chaney with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a child after investigating a complaint filed by the school district. Butler County court records say the charge was dropped Feb. 27 at the victim's request.

        “Even though the charge was dropped, it is our belief it (the charge) warrants termination,” said Rob Amodio, administrative assistant for business. “We still feel strongly about standards for our employees.”

        Mr. Amodio said Ms. Chaney was initially suspended in December when allegations about drug use arose. She was later put on unpaid leave and has not been in a classroom since mid-December.

        Neither Ms. Chaney nor her attorney could be reached for comment.

        Police were called Dec. 14 after a student approached Assistant Principal Sheila Radtke with concerns about a friend she believed smoked marijuana with Ms. Chaney at Ms. Chaney's Fairfield Township home. The student further said in a statement that she had seen drug paraphernalia at the home.

        Police records state that Ms. Radtke confronted the other student about the allegation and she at first denied it but later, with her mother present, admitted that Ms. Chaney had allowed her to smoke marijuana more than once at her home. A second student told Ms. Radtke she, too, had been told that two classmates were planning to go to Ms. Chaney's home to smoke marijuana with her.

        Fairfield Township Police Chief Richard St. John said he sent officers to Ms. Chaney's home to investigate.

        “We didn't find any physical evidence but he (an officer) could smell an odor of marijuana,” Chief St. John said.

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