SOUTHSIDE TEACHER ARRESTED ON POT CHARGE

A 27-year-old seventh-grade teacher at Southside Middle School was
released on a personal recognizance bond Wednesday night after being
arrested and charged with having marijuana in his car at school.

Samuel Flores, who was on the school's seventh-grade Maverick
teaching team, was arrested Tuesday during a "routine drug sweep" at
the school, district spokeswoman Nancy Thomas said.

"They bring in the drug dogs, and the dogs were in the parking lot
and it was in his car," she said.

Flores was charged with possession of marijuana, with bail originally
set at $1,600, although he was released on the lesser bond. He was
placed on administrative leave, Thomas said, while school officials
make a decision.

The school's last teaching day is Friday, she said, and teachers'
last day is Monday.