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Waco ISD superintendent makes plea to drop marijuana charge

Under the agreement, Marcus Nelson will go under a 90-day diversion period and pay a $500 fine.

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Waco Independent School District superintendent Marcus Nelson made a plea agreement to get his misdemeanor marijuana charge dropped, Robertson County District Attorney Coty Siegert confirmed. 

Under the agreement, if Nelson pays a $500 fine and completes a 90-day diversion program without any problems, his marijuana charge will be dropped, Siegert said.

The Waco ISD school board said on March 8 it will have a special meeting with Nelson about the incident at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19.

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