An elementary school principal in Cobb County is facing DUI charges after crashing her car less than half a mile from her school.
What’s Happening: Addison Elementary School Principal Jill Spiva was charged with DUI, open container, and causing a crash on Thursday on Ebenezer Road and Sandy Plains Road. Police found a half-empty bottle of Smirnoff vodka in a white plastic bag near the center console of her car, according to a police report.
What’s Important: Spiva refused a field sobriety test and a blood test. A judge signed a search warrant that forced her to have the blood test.
What’s Next: Cobb County Schools would not confirm Spiva’s employment status while the matter is under investigation.
“Drunk driving is not an oopsie. It’s not forgetting your grocery list. It’s putting yourself behind the wheel of a two-ton machine while you have the reaction time of a tranquilized sloth.”
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.