A Seattle Public Schools employee has been charged with a felony for selling crack cocaine to a police informant, according to court documents filed yesterday in King County Superior Court. A legal assistant for SPS's general counsel, Ronnie Bryant sold drugs to the police informant three times, according to a police report. He used the street name "Teacher," and carried out deals from his apartment on 28th Ave. S. Bryant, 45, will be arraigned on Oct. 6 at the King County Courthouse, according to King County prosecutor's office spokesman Dan Donohoe.

Seattle Public Schools spokeswoman Teresa Wippel says that Bryant has been employed as a paralegal with the district since October 2000. Wippel says he was placed on paid administrative leave Sept. 16, the day after records say police searched Bryant's house and found crack cocaine. Bryant was booked into jail Sept 15 and released the next day.

Bryant has a prior felony conviction for forging bank checks and two misdemeanor convictions stemming from driving with a suspended license.