Education?

I can't imagine what this school teacher wrote in her diary the next day. Maybe, "Note to self: when text messaging your drug dealer, make sure you actually send your message to the dealer, not to a state trooper."

Trooper Trevor Pervine was at dinner with his wife and parents, celebrating her birthday when his phone started buzzing.

Pervine was getting text messages about buying marijuana Thursday night, Kentucky State Police spokesman Barry Meadows said. The person sending the messages had the wrong number... a teacher at Murray Middle School is accused of sending the messages and has been charged with conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, Meadows said.

Pervine initially thought the messages were from friends playing a joke, Meadows said. A couple of phone calls put that idea to rest, so Pervine began responding to the messages to set up a meeting, Meadows said.

When she arrived at the meeting point, she found Pervine and other law enforcement officers waiting for her, Meadows said.

And out of Florida, what's up with this:

A middle school principal made a deal to buy $20 worth of crack cocaine in his office Thursday while students were still on campus, authorities said... arrested in the school lobby at 3:45 p.m. Thursday after buying drugs from an undercover police officer, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said.

I always thought "higher education" referred to college, not strung-out teachers and principals.