| Snake loose on third floor (2/08) | | Print | |
| Written by Tamara Purpura | |
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A chemistry teacher is posting on craigslist.org in an attempt to find a new home for her albino corn snake, which became too big for her cage at school. The snake, Ally, is currently being kept at chemistry teacher Michelle Trimble's home after the administration asked Trimble to remove her from school grounds because she escaped from her cage in Room 337 in September. Ally escaped when the hook that kept the cage shut got loose, according to Trimble. "I knew Ally had escaped within a day or two, and I did not think I was ever going to find her," she said. According to Trimble, Ally’s escape did not concern the third floor teachers, who knew it was not venomous. A construction worker eventually found Ally slithering around Room 337. He showed one of the third floor custodians, Linda Chow, who had encountered Ally in her cage before when she was cleaning the third floor and played with her as well. "I am not afraid of snakes," she said. That night, Chow placed Ally into a blue recycling bin. " I made sure there were a lot of holes and weight on top of the recycling bin," she said. She said she returned the snake to her cage in Room 337 the next morning. Chow reported the incident to assistant principal Mary Streshly. " I was walking to my car around 7 p.m., when one custodian ran up to me and started to make motions to me like there was a snake," Streshly said. Chemistry teacher Bryan Marten, who was previously unaware of Ally's existence or escape, said he approves of teachers keeping such animals in the classroom. "Animals can make studies more real for some students," he said. |
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