This year, 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes – one every 50 minutes.
An average drunk driver has driven drunk 87 times before first arrest.
Drunk driving costs each adult in this country almost $500 per year.
One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.
Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and one out of three of those is alcohol related.
(http://www.madd.org/statistics/) And those statistics are climbing year by year.

she is a public official and as such should be held to a higher standard, I dont care if you think its not serious, it is, its very serious, and yes she should lose her position or at least be demoted.

I have lost a loved on to a drunk driver. the person that killed my loved one had less of an alcohol content then Mrs Cagle. She will get a second chance, she will be spared prison and most likely put on probation. THAT’S her second chance. what about the people killed in drunk driving related crashes, where is their second chance?

Her continuing to be a administrator in my eyes is impossible

Hers why:
1 she obviously addicted to alcohol
2 she lied about that addiction
3 this action raises the question if she drinks at work? and if shes previously lied about being addicted to alcohol, then why would you think she would tell the truth about drinking at school?
4 the school conducts random drug tests on students, and has a zero tolerance policy, why should the administrators be exempt from this policy ?
5 her remarks to the deputy asking “isn’t there anything that we can do to make this go away?” Sounds dangerously close to solicitation, and implies that she would have tried anything to get out of this episode too.

these are NOT the values I of a person that I would want my child to respect and think is a role model, or even mingle with on a daily basis.

while she has done some great work in her past, that does not excuse this extremely serious crime

I never have been drunk. I’d have to drink first. I fear if I did drink, I might BECOME a drunk–as so many in my family did. I don’t know and neither does anyone who hasn’t drunk alcoholic beverages.

So please point out my blunder. If a person doesn’t know for SURE he ABSOLUTELY won’t become a drunk or even just get drunk–possibly leading to driving fatalities or alcohol poisoning or some other fatal or crippling outcome related to actions taken during a drunken state, how does taking that first drink differ from playing Russian Roulette?

–other than the fact that Russian Roulette only kills the one holding the pistol whereas drunk drivers frequently kill other people, of course.

David willing to be corrected if wrong

No it isn’t. This is one of your rare blunders David. Were you drunk when you wrote this?

Without disagreeing, I might point out this is similar to saying Russian Roulette is a fun and harmless game as long as you don’t get a live round.

David for avoiding dangers
to others