For the second time in two weeks, a teacher in scandal-plagued Celina Independent School District is accused of endangering students by being intoxicated in the classroom.
Micheale Barber “Shelley” Clark, 46, was arrested and charged with endangering a disabled individual, a state jail felony.
Clark is a special education teaching aide at Celina High School. She has held a teaching certificate since 2023, which expired last month.
According to a public statement, the Celina Police Department responded to a call on Tuesday regarding “a Celina ISD Special Education Teaching Aide who appeared to be impaired.”
“Upon arriving at Celina High School, police officers conducted an investigation and subsequently took the teacher into custody,” police stated.
Celina PD added that the case will be referred to the Collin County District Attorney’s Office.
Clark was booked into the Collin County Jail on November 4. Bond is set at $35,000.
Last week, Moore Middle School teacher Jainya Walder was also removed from class for suspected intoxication and charged with child endangerment.
The arrests come as the Celina ISD community is still reeling from last month’s revelations that 8th grade coach Caleb Elliott had secretly recorded undressed student athletes in the boys’ locker room at Moore Middle School. Police charged Elliott with invasive visual recording and possession of child sexual abuse material. He has since been allowed to resign.
Elliott is the son of Celina ISD’s celebrated Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Bill Elliott.
The district is facing a state criminal investigation into its alleged cover-up of Caleb Elliott’s past predatory behavior toward male students, as well as two civil lawsuits accusing the district and administrators of gross negligence in protecting the coach to the detriment of students.
Maglisceau placed Bill Elliott and Ginn on “non-disciplinary” administrative leave while investigations into the scandal continue.
Another Celina ISD coach is also on administrative leave pending an investigation into his alleged misconduct while working in another district.
Wrestling coach Neil Phillips was placed on leave last week after Celina ISD administrators learned from social media posts about Phillips’ inappropriate behavior in front of students at Melissa ISD, where he previously worked. Parents suspect Melissa ISD “passed the trash,” allowing Phillips to quietly resign with a clean record before Celina ISD hired him.
Both districts say they have now reported Phillips to the Texas Education Agency and other authorities.
Since the start of October, Celina ISD has seen three educators arrested and placed three others on administrative leave.
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