GIPS Principal Cited for DUI

GRAND ISLAND - A GRAND ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DRINKING AND DRIVING.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHOEMAKER PRINCIPAL LEE WOLFE WAS DRIVING WITH HIS SON ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR EXPIRED PLATES AND THEN CITED FOR DUI.

WOLFE GAVE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

"I WANT ALL SHOEMAKER FAMILIES TO KNOW I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT HOW THIS REFLECTS UPON SHOEMAKER, GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY...I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MOVE FORWARD PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY TO RESTORE YOUR TRUST."

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS IT WILL NOT SPEAK FURTHER ON THE MATTER OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WOLFE IS PREPARING FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH HIS STAFF AND THAT IT EXPECTS WOLFE TO RECEIVE HIS DUE PROCESS.