JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – A former “teacher of the year” is having her teaching license suspended for two years after allegedly being drunk in her first grade classroom.

Lori Lassmann, who had been a teacher at Golson Elementary for about 8 years, reached a settlement with the Florida Education Practices Commission.

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She doesn’t admit any wrongdoing but does not contest the allegations made against her.

WJHG reports on October 29, 2013, Lassmann was “apparently intoxicated in front of her first grade students.”

She had failed to pick up her students at their physical education class and other teachers went to check on her.

The teacher was allegedly found “passed out in a chair, and it took vigorous shaking to wake her up.”

At the time, Lassmann refused to take a sobriety test, and left the elementary school. She resigned three days later.

The news station describes her as being “drunk and passed out at school.”

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The teacher’s license will be suspended for two years and will be on probation for two years.

Some people, including at least one school employee, took to Facebook to excuse Lassmann’s actions.

“Could have been from medication. After all there was no sobriety test taken. According to school board policy you are drunk if you take Nyquil or even use mouth wash with alcohol in it,” posts Terrie Winkle German, whose profile says she’s a bus driver for Dale County schools.

Amanda Richards writes:

While I don’t condone being drunk at work, none of us are perfect. She should certainly face a punishment, but having her license suspended for 2 years, in my opinion, is a bit too much, especially if there was no sobriety test. She caused no harm, and the kids were never in any real danger. This article says she was passed out, not slinging beakers at the students or dancing naked on the lunchroom table.

In 2009, Lassmann was named Jackson County’s “teacher of the year.”

“I feel so undeserving because I know that we have so many wonderful teachers here in Jackson County but I’m truly honored to have received and been recognized for this award,” Lassmann said at the time, according to NBC 7.

Golson Elementary Principal Mary Sue Neves told the news station, “I’ve seen her in action in the classroom. She uses and incorporates technology a lot with her students. The students are always engaged and she makes learning fun.”