CANNELTON, IN (WFIE) -
Cannelton School Superintendent Dr. Alva Sibbitt still has his job, at least for now.
This is after a jury finds him guilty of ramming a state trooper's car in a 2010 traffic stop before he was Cannelton's School Superintendent.
On Wednesday, some parents are questioning why he is still employed.
A jury returned guilty verdicts on four charges, including two felonies, and Alva Sibbitt plans to appeal the conviction.
Now, the school system is working to figure out where to go from here.
Because of the arrest, the trial and now the conviction, there's a feeling among some parents that the Cannelton School Superintendent should go.
"I don't think it's good for our kids. I don't think it's good for our community," concerned parent, April Emerick said.
The guilty verdicts stem from a December 2010 traffic stop. An Indiana State Trooper says Sibbitt refused to stop, running two stop signs.
The trooper says Sibbitt was questioned on whether he had been drinking and was asked to take a breathalyzer test.
When the trooper was returning to his car, he says Sibbitt suddenly put his van in reverse striking the police cruiser.
In an interview at the Orange County Jail, Sibbitt told investigators he trying to go to the jail to take that breathalyzer test.
"I was upset, so I put the car in reverse, I didn't even look back. I didn't even know he was parked behind me. I never looked back the whole time I was there," Sibbitt said.
The jury found Sibbitt guilty of two felonies and two misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of three years in jail.
He is currently still serving as Cannelton City Schools Superintendent.
"No one has had time to determine what if any effect it has one his superintendent license, and therefore his ability to hold his position as superintendent in Cannelton," said Patrick Shoulders, the attorney representing the Board of School Trustees of the Cannelton City Schools.
Some parents and students say they want Sibbitt removed.
"What he did was wrong," said Georgia Emerick.
"What are they showing to the kids that this is okay. That this behavior is going to be tolerated?" Emerick said.
The school's attorney says a decision on Sibbitt's position should be made within the next 30 days.
A sentencing date has been set for October 29th, but Sibbitt says his appeal will be filed soon.
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