Alabama Teacher Resigns After Intoxication Charge

(Foley, Alabama) A 55-year-old seventh-grade English teacher at Foley Middle School, Barbara Riley-Grissom, was arrested last Friday for being intoxicated at school.

Baldwin County Public Schools spokesman Terry Wilhite said a co-worker noticed that the seventh-grade English teacher appeared to be stumbling, and the co-worker alerted an administrator.

Wilhite said Riley-Grissom was removed from the classroom when school leadership was informed that she might be intoxicated. She was arrested after students were released for the day, according to the police report.

Yesterday, Riley-Grissom resigned her teaching position.