"I would have never thought she was drunk. She’s a school teacher.”
Apr 20, 2007 - Vickie White Leavitt, 48, a first-grade teacher at Wagram Primary School, was arrested and charged with driving while impaired, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to properly secure a child in a car.
She was taking a neighbor's 7-year-old child to school. Leavitt had a blood-alcohol level of .30, nearly four times the legal limit of .08, according to court documents.
Court records show that Leavitt pleaded guilty to impaired driving in 2004. She had a blood-alcohol level of .26 when she was pulled over on U.S. 15-501 near Carthage. Leavitt’s driving record shows that since 1998 her license has been revoked two other times and she has been involved in two crashes.
She is scheduled to appear in court May 9.
TT - The boy was one of her pupils. Presumably, she was on her way to teach a classroom full of first graders.
Apr 25 - Leavitt resigned.
July 20 - Leavitt pleaded guilty and was sentenced Leavitt to two years in prison, but he suspended the term. She was given 45 days in jail but received credit for 22 days — the majority of which was spent in a substance abuse treatment center. Since 1998, her license has been revoked three other times, and she has been involved in two crashes, according to her driving record.
North Carolina State Board of Education is one of the few states that maintains an online list of Disciplinary Actions.
