MUNCIE, Ind. – An Indiana lunch lady faces a felony drug charge after police allege she negotiated a drug deal on school property during her shift, then later met up with undercover officers to seal the deal.

Delaware County Sheriff’s officials said an undercover police officer met with Northside Middle School cafeteria worker Sandra Howard, 53, in the school’s parking lot during the lunch hour Friday, Fox 59 reports.

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“The individual was going to sell us $40 worth of pills and … she wanted to meet us at the school property,” an unnamed undercover officer told the news site.

The officer said Howard took the money and promised to provide five hydrocodone pills later in the day. She allegedly took the cash but told the undercover officer she didn’t want to bring the pills to school, and arranged to meet later in the evening at a Walmart to finish the transaction.

“She was afraid of the school resource officer, which is great, that’s why the police are there for,” the officer said, “but she’s still brazen enough to come out and start a drug deal in the middle of her working hours at the school.”

“When she rolled up to Walmart she was actually on the phone with an undercover officer. She basically went in and purchased the pills and when she came back out the confidential informant approached her,” the undercover officer told the news site.

“She just went ahead and sold the pills … to an undercover officer, which ended up ultimately getting her busted.”

Because the transaction occurred, at least in part, on school property, Howard was charged with a more severe felony than she would have been otherwise, police said.

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A Muncie Community Schools spokesperson told the news site Howard was a substitute cafeteria worker who had worked a total of about a week so far this school year. The district also issued a statement on her arrest.

“If this person is in fact distributing illegal substances we’re glad the police caught her,” it read.

Many folks who commented about the arrest online seemed to agree.

“One more reason to homeschool!” Kimberly Ford posted to Facebook.

“What an animal,” Rita Budin added.

Other took the opportunity to insult Howard’s very weathered appearance in her mug shot.

“Awweee look at her sad lunch lady face,” Michelle Diane wrote.

“It looks like her sad lunch lady face is melting,” Jessica Ross added.

“She looks like a meth head herself,” Mary Gonzalez posted.

“’This is your face on drugs.’ This is also your face in jail!” Ellen Stillabower wrote.

Others seemed to police were wasting their time with such a low level offender.

“For 5 pills? What great police work,” Duane Greene commented. “Poor lady looks like she needs the $40.”