SCHOOL TEACHER CONVICTED OF POT POSSESSION ORDERED TO WRITE CLASS A LETTER

MERRILL, Wis. (AP) -- A former grade school teacher convicted of
possessing marijuana must write a letter to his former students
explaining the dangers of drugs and the consequences of them on his
life, a judge ruled.

Michael Meteyard, 24, was arrested when someone found a marijuana
smoking pipe on the ground next to his car in the Jefferson Elementary
School parking lot and an investigation found marijuana in a plastic
bag in his car, court records said.

Meteyard resigned from his job as a fourth-grade teacher after he was
arrested Dec. 1.

As part of an agreement reached Thursday, Meteyard pleaded guilty to
the misdemeanor marijuana possession charge and a charge of possessing
drug paraphernalia was dropped, prosecutors said.

Besides ordering the teacher to write a letter to his class, Lincoln
County Circuit Judge Glenn Hartley sentenced Meteyard to 10 days in
jail with work privileges, fined him $500 and revoked his driving
privileges for six months.