Sanford Police have accused an elementary school substitute teacher of teaching while intoxicated.

Holly Joel faces charges of child neglect, disorderly intoxication and interfering with school administration functions, police said in a news release Wednesday.

On Monday, Bentley Elementary School staff notified the school resource officer that Joel, a substitute teacher employed by Seminole County Public Schools, was possibly intoxicated while on duty there.

Police officers investigated and determined that Joel was under the influence of alcohol, they said.

She was arrested and taken to Polk Correctional Facility.

