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Read comments (4)The Clay Community Schools Board of Trustees released 43-year-old Anita Miller from her contract March 5 during a special session.
It is alleged that was intoxicated and engaged in public nudity during an arrest in January near Brazil.
Information from a Feb. 27 executive session, where attorneys for Miller and the corporation presented information to the board, was the basis for the board's decision, according to Superintendent Dan Schroeder.
Schroeder, who formerly served as superintendent of the Bloomfield School District, recommended the board to accept the information from the executive session hearing and proceed with terminating Miller's contract.
Miller, a former physical education teacher and coach at North Clay Middle School and Northview High School, was at the meeting, but did not comment.
She coached girls basketball at Bloomfield High School between 1989 and 1994.
Miller was arrested late Sunday, Jan. 13, and charged with public intoxication and public nudity.
She appeared for an initial hearing in Clay Superior Court on Feb. 11. A bench trial date was set for 10 a.m. on June 18.
Both charges are class B misdemeanors.
If convicted, she could be sentenced up to 60 days in jail and fined up to $1,000 on each charge.
An officer reported Miller failed a sobriety test and displayed outrageous behavior, including dropping her pants to her ankles at least twice in an attempt to urinate in front of the police officers after her arrest.
Miller was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Melinda Ellis, a former teacher in the White River Valley School District.
Ellis resigned from her teaching position in the Project Lead the Way program in the White River Valley School Corporation shortly after the arrests
The 34-year-old Ellis is charged with possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over 0.08 -- all class A misdemeanors.
She is also charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person -- a class C misdemeanor.
Ellis also pled not guilty at her initial hearing on Feb. 11 in Clay Superior Court. A bench trial is scheduled for 10 a.m. on May 14.
If convicted, each of the class A misdemeanors are punishable by up to one-year imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
The drunk driving charge carries a possible jail term of up to 60 days and a fine not to exceed $500.
The Brazil Times contributed to this report.
I really dont think this lady has done anything wrong...I was just wondering where the outpouring of support was.
Even though we can forgive, the person who commits a crime needs to pay for what they have done. We need to strengthen our laws so we can control who is driving on our roads and highways. They know they are doing wrong when they use these substances. Not only the use of illegal drugs but alcohol. How many people have to die before our laws are changed? It would also help if the general public would report anything they see that is illegal.
America, Have you never made a wrong choice?
I am not related to Ms. Miller,(nor am I related to Scott Stahl), but I know her and I am praying for her. She has made a wrong choice too. I believe we all have to pay for the choices we make and I believe she is reaping the consequences of her actions.
Please have some compassion for these people, thats what Jesus has commanded us to do! It is not the desire of Jesus that any should perish! And we will be judged by a higher power for judging others!
Where are all the forgive her because Jesus would comments at for this lady?
I guess she is not related to enough people around here to be forgiven.
Off with her head....