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MORGANTOWN -- A Morgantown High School teacher is being investigated for allegedly drinking on the job.
Lynn Clawges is still an employee of Monongalia County Schools, according to Superintendent Frank Devono, but is not working at the school now.
Devono declined to make any further comment on Clawges, saying the accusations against her are under investigation, but since it's a personnel matter he can't say anything more.
A report filed by Morgantown Police officers says they responded to the school at 3:22 p.m. Monday.
Principal Robert DeSantis told the officers that a teacher at the school was drunk when they arrived, the report says, and directed them to Clawges.
Officers smelled alcohol on Clawges' breath, and performed field sobriety tests on her, which she failed, according to the report.
Morgantown High School administrators asked the officers to give Clawges a preliminary breath test, which Clawges refused to submit to, the report states.
Officers found two empty Diet Pepsi bottles in Clawges' classroom that smelled of alcohol, and also discovered a full unopened bottle of the soft drink alongside a small bottle with a conditioner label on it that also had a strong alcohol odor, police reported.
Officers took no action in regards to this matter, according to Morgantown Police Lieutenant Mike Lantz.
No charges were filed against Clawges, according to the Monongalia County Prosecutor's Office, but Clawges was arrested for Driving Under the Influence on Jauary 24, 2008.
That case, according to the prosecutor's office, is still pending.
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