After the arrest of three Monroe County teachers within a month, Monroe County Director of Schools Tim Blankenship has announced plans to discuss ethics, honesty and integrity at an upcoming staff development day, reports the News Sentinel.
Andi McCallie, 43, a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Vonore Middle School, was arrested Saturday for failure to appear in Loudon County General Sessions Court on a shoplifting charge, according to the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.
McCallie did not show for court Oct. 8 in connection with a June 2014 arrest for an alleged theft of less than $500 in goods from a Food City in Loudon, records state.
On Monday, she was placed on administrative leave without pay and will be subject to “additional conditions for continued employment” when she returns to work, according to a statement released by Blankenship.
The news follows the Oct. 17 arrest of Kelly Jenkins Robinson, 46, a media specialist and technology instructor at Vonore Middle School. Robinson was charged with DUI following a traffic stop in Madisonville. She allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.229 percent. State law presumes intoxication at 0.08 percent.
Robinson returned to work Friday, Oct. 24, after three days’ administrative leave without pay. She, too, is now subject to additional conditions of employment.
And Emily Pennington, 29, a first-grade teacher at Vonore Elementary School, remains on unpaid leave following her Sept. 25 arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia.
School officials said Pennington already was on unpaid leave when she was stopped for suspicion of DUI while allegedly speeding in a school zone. She allegedly had two hypodermic needles that she told authorities she had just used to ingest Opana.