In an official statement, Chippewa Valley Schools Superintendent Ron Roberts said: \u201cWe have committed our full support and cooperation to the Sheriff\u2019s Department and the Macomb County Prosecutor\u2019s Office in this investigation. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that our board policies are followed and that our employees are acting in the best interest of our school community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important to me to let the community know this (incident) is totally unexpected,\u201d he later told News-Herald.<\/em> \u201cWe take this very seriously. We are role models and we expect exemplary behavior from our employees. When this happens, it hurts. It\u2019s not the way it\u2019s supposed to be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nJohnson is free on a $10,000 personal bond which was set at her Thursday arraignment. She is due back in court on October 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Michigan teacher who blew $31,000 of school money on penny slots at the MGM Grand Detroit is facing a maximum ten years\u2019 imprisonment. Lydia Christine Johnson, 29, was, until very recently, a math and Spanish teacher at Dakota High School in Macomb Township, Detroit. But she was arraigned Thursday morning on one count of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":59317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Teacher Faces Ten Years for Blowing $31,000 in School Funds at MGM Grand Detroit<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n