Priorities Straight

Officials at the Millard school District in Hastings, Neb., were very satisfied with the credentials of substitute teacher Jennifer Woody, 32. Then they found she lived at a halfway house while awaiting sentencing on her conviction for conspiring to deal more than 11 pounds of methamphetamine. Woody’s probation officer knew about her job, but didn’t reveal the conviction to the school district, which found out about the situation when asked by the local newspaper to comment on her arrest after failing a drug test. The state requires criminal background checks of new school bus drivers, but not teachers. She has been both jailed and fired. (Omaha World Herald) ...“She was the best chemistry teacher I ever had,” one student said.