Teacher snakebit between classes

Police and paramedics were called to Foley Elementary School today after a teacher was bitten by a snake around noon.

The reptile turned out to be a non-venomous rat snake, said Terry Wilhite, school system spokesman. The instructor was taken to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center to be checked as a precaution, he said.

“She was walking between buildings and the rat snake was coiled in her path and bit her,” he said. “It certainly unnerved her, but the snake was not poisonous.”

Teacher snakebit between classes