POMEROY — A Bidwell woman was sentenced to three years in prison on charges she arranged to buy marijuana and pills from students while she was a teacher in a local high school.

Carman Mitchell, a former English teacher at Eastern High School, was sentenced Monday on charges of corrupting another with drugs, complicity to commit obstructing justice, and permitting drug abuse. Meigs County Common Pleas Court Judge Fred W. Crow III sentenced Mitchell, 40, to 18 months in prison on each of the charges.

At the time of Mitchell’s indictment, Prosecuting Attorney Colleen Williams said the former teacher had arranged to purchase marijuana and hydrocodone pain medication from a number of students at the school.

In August, Mitchell filed a petition to enter a plea of guilty to corrupting another with drugs, complicity to commit obstructing justice, and permitting drug abuse.

The petition outlined the terms of a plea agreement she reached with the state. While Mitchell faces a three-year sentence, she may petition the court for judicial release after serving a portion of the sentence, Colleen Williams said Thursday.

According to the petition Mitchell filed in mid-October, which she, Williams, and Defense Attorney Herman Carson signed, Mitchell will request and the state will not oppose a judicial release from prison after 60 days on the condition Mitchell complete an alternative sentencing program in Dayton.

Mitchell was originally indicted on six felony counts, including two counts of corrupting another with drugs, possession of drugs, complicity, contributing to the delinquency of a child and permitting drug abuse.

Mitchell resigned her position as an English teacher and club advisor in February, 2009. Until she was sentenced Monday, she had spent no time in jail on the charges. She will serve her time in the Ohio Reformatory for Women.

In addition to serving time in prison, Mitchell will lose her operator’s license for six months, and her teaching credentials must be surrendered to the Ohio Department of Education.