My child’s teacher recently got DUI

[Anonymous]

You have your kid make a report like this on someone? My instinct is that it’s an adult issue. This isn’t a high school kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure this will come up in her next background check.

+1 I know someone who couldn’t get recertified due to a DUI. In FL, though.

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I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

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If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

Gossip? No I was going to flag a potential problem. I’m asking anonymously on DCUM not chitchatting in the parking lot. I’ll sit on it for a while. Maybe someone else has raised the issue.

Yes, gossip. Your kid is the only one who suspects the teacher drinks at school, right? How does your kid know? Does your kid spend a lot of time around drunk people?

Have more skepticism. Or at least own the accusation. You don’t make such a cowardly attack on someone like that. In fact, it should be YOUR KID who talks to he principal about his or her observations. If you aren’t willing to do this, you don’t really have any grounds.

NP. I disagree it should be the kid to go to the principal on this. It would make sense for OP to quiz his kid about the reasons for their belief and to try to ascertain whether the parent thinks the concern may well founded.

If OP does, I think it is fine to report as long as it is done in a factual manner that acknowledges the limits of his knowledge - i.e. he doesn't have first hand knowledge, but is sharing information from his kid that he thinks might be credible.

The school should take it from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

If the last part is true, you shouldn't wait for the next background check. Simply tell the principal what you found and let the school handle from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

In what scenario would a teacher be driving kids anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

You keep adding to the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Contact ABC7. This is a Code of Conduct violation.

There is no background check that will find this. Teachers are to self report arrests.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

You keep adding to the story.

Yup.

DUI.

Then violence.

Then driving kids.

Folks, this is a troll.

[Anonymous]

Not a troll just wasn’t expecting so much pushback and wanted to start with minimal details. I’m inclined at this point to just call HR and ask their thoughts without readily providing the teacher’s name. Thanks to those who took the question seriously. Also—go ahead and google your child’s teacher if this sounds familiar to you and she could be your kid’s teacher. You’ll see I’m not trolling. Wish i could just post the public court case.

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Troll
Teacher don't drive kids

[Anonymous]

Not your place OP. I'd mind my own business. You could also potentially ostracize yourself in he community. You also don't know if the teacher is on medicine that could have a negative reaction and come up on a test as being drunk. Many chemo and other drugs can cause reactions in the body.

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I can’t figure out how not reporting this is even an option. I mean seriously!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to do the right thing without getting all embroiled. I don’t want to say more about why my child says she’s drinking, but it’s way more than speculation. That’s why I did the search and wasnt surprised to find the very recent DUI. Also this teacher is in a position to be driving kids places.

So, you have been actively investigating this teacher?

Again, the DUI is what it is. You are second-hand information about the alleged day drinking.

I find your cowardice about not wanting to become “embroiled” but rather hurl an accusation from afar to be offensive. Have some damn integrity.

[Anonymous]

OP, you must find a way to report this to the school. You owe it to future students in your child's school, and to this woman.
1. Open gmail or yahoo or hotmail, log out of your own email account, and follow the instructions on the screen to create a new email account. If this is too hard, learn it, because it is kind of a basic skill you should know anyway.
OR
2. Print out what you read from googling her, put it in an envelop, drop it on the principal's desk.
OR
3. Share the info "in confidence" with a high strung anxious parent in your kid's classroom, and let her take over. She'll know what to do.