United States: An elementary school teacher in the United States has become a controversial figure by providing non-alcoholic beer to minors during class time.
Superintendent Ed Koledo told the Flint journal that students of a fifth grade class at Hyatt Elementary School had been given the opportunity to taste non-alcoholic beer ‘O’Doul’s’ as part of a history lesson.
The children of the age group 10 and 11 were studying the food and drink consumed during colonial times, when beer was commonly favored due to the lack of clean water. The beer which contains less than 0.5% alcohol was actually purchased by a parent and brought to class with cornbread by a student.
Liquor Control Commission spokeswoman Andrea Miller said that the teacher could have been charged for violation under Michigan state law.
Koledo did not reveal whether she would be made to face any disciplinary action but confirmed that the student involved would not be disciplined.