SACRAMENTO, Calif. – An elementary teacher driving to school with a blood alcohol content “three times” the legal limit never made it there after she hit numerous cars on the way.

Police say Patricia Robertson, a third-grade teacher at Earl Warren Elementary School, “clipped a car and started spinning out of control” in Sacramento, Fox 40 reports.

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She allegedly hit a parked car in a driveway, which sent the car careening into the home.

The teacher kept driving, police say, and hit another parked car, sending that one into its house, as well.

She also allegedly took out a water main.

“I opened up the door, and asked if she was OK, and she just said she needed to call her school. She was a school teacher and needed to call her school,” neighbor Patrick Nance says.

The news station reports Robertson has been a teacher at the elementary school for the last five years, and worked in the Sacramento City Unified School District for almost 30 years.

“We would never take an issue like this lightly,” says Gabe Ross, a spokesman for the district, according to KCRA.

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“She’s being placed on paid administrative leave this evening, as we begin our investigation with law enforcement to make sure we do a thorough investigation. Obviously, (this is) not acceptable behavior.”

KCRA reports the total destruction is valued at an estimated $50,000.

Under state law, a  teacher’s credential will not be revoked after a first DUI offense, unless it is directly related to a school activity.

A second DUI can result in a revocation. A teacher who provides proof of sobriety counseling can apply for reinstatement.

Fox 40 reports Robertson has a previous DUI dating back to 2010.

The police department declined to release the teacher’s mug shot to the news station, saying they did not want to “traumatize” her students.