New York Teacher Removed From Classroom

(Lockport, New York) A 35-year-old fourth-grade teacher at Roy B. Kelly Elementary School, Marcy L. Cole, was removed from the classroom and arrested this week for felony drunk driving and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Troopers said Cole's license was revoked in October following a DWI arrest in April.

A parent of a pupil in Cole's classroom said her daughter came home from school on Tuesday and said Cole appeared intoxicated earlier in the day and swore at a pupil before being escorted out of the school.

Cole has not returned to the school since, said the parent, who asked that her name not be used out of concern for her daughter.

A letter went home to parents on Friday informing them that Cole would not be returning to the classroom for the rest of the school year.

Lockport School Superintendent Terry Ann Carbone claimed the school staff was unaware of the felony charge against Cole since the Department of Motor Vehicles does not have to notify them.