Parents say one teacher's behavior may be putting their child's education at risk. Parents in one Valley town are fed up with their elementary school teacher. They claim she comes to school after drinking at a bar and after years of complaining, they contacted Channel 13 for help.

Kimberly McColery emailed You Ask. We Investigate. She wants to know why this teacher is still allowed to be around her children.

Searchlight is one of those small, quiet towns if you blink you might miss. But lately, its parents are getting loud.

Some parents are speaking out about their children's teacher, Heidi Kispert.

Action News reporter Heather Klein asked one parent, "Have you seen her in a bar, leave the bar and then go to school? "

The parent responded, "Yes! yes."

Kispert taught kindergarten, first and second grade at Harry Reid Elementary.

"My daughter has told me that she smells of alcohol," McColery said

Parents say they've been complaining to the principal for at least two years, Kispert teaches after drinking.

"It was just ignored, they didn't do anything about it," parent, Keela Reiter said  .

So earlier this month, one parent, Kimberly McColery started a petition. It requests Kispert's removal due to her being quote "a known alcoholic" and that she's quote "teaching our children when she's drunk and hung over."

It is filled with dozens of signatures.

"They seem to just ignore it, we got maybe 50 signatures you know total from town of people wanting her out," Reiter said .

Kimberly says they faxed the petition to their district superintendent. Channel 13 called the district and they said within the last two weeks Kispert was transferred to Mitchell Elementary in Boulder City.

"If you're going to be sending them to a school that's going to be teaching more kids, where is it rectifying the situation? You're just moving the problem," McColery said .

Channel 13 investigated and found out in 2005 while Kispert was teaching at Reid she took a plea deal, which included pleading guilty to misdemeanor theft after stealing checks from the silver state schools credit union.

She made them out $100 at a time, seven different times, to a bar called moon Doggies.

"Are you investigating the fact that Heidi Kispert is possibly drinking before she goes to school," asked Action News reporter Heather Klein.

"I can't get into specifics but we do have processes in place to address those types of issues specifically," said Darrin Puana said.

Darrin Puana is the Assistant Director of Employee Management Relations for the Clark County School District. He says employees aren't required to report misdemeanor convictions. But they take any complaint seriously.

"All I can say to you is she is assigned to Mitchell Elementary School as of this time, there is an ongoing investigation into some circumstances that have been brought to our attention," said Darrin.

That is not the answer Searchlight parents are searching for.

"What would you like to see the district do about this?," asked Action News reporter Heather Klein.

"I think that if she isn't sent to a program at least to get this fixed, she should not be having a job here," McColery said .