The Wake County middle-school teacher who gained some national notoriety after being suspended for telling her students not to wear rosaries in class has resigned.

As noted in today's article, Patricia Corbino submitted her resignation Nov. 30. She had been suspended for pay for three months while the school district conducted an investigation into a complaint about the rosary incident.

On Aug. 27 on the first day of classes, Corbino , who is Catholic, explained to students her classroom rules. Among them was a request that any student who wore a rosary as a necklace remove it during her class.

Today marks two months since Leesville Road Middle School teacher Patricia Corbino was suspended with pay following a parental complaint about having told her students not wear rosary beads in class.

As noted in today's article, the Wake County school system still hasn't concluded its investigation into Corbino's case. With the case not wrapped up yet, Leesville hired a new sixth-grade science teacher this month to permanently take over Corbino's job instead of having it taught by substitute teachers.

Since Corbino's job at Leesville is gone, she'd have to be assigned somewhere if Wake brings her back.

Corbino said Monday that on the advice of her attorney she can’t discuss the case until it’s resolved. But Corbino said she’s been “humbled” by all the former parents, students and complete strangers who've contacted her to let her know they support her.

More than two weeks later, Patricia Corbino remains suspended with pay while the Wake County school system continues to investigate a complaint about her telling her students not to wear rosaries in class.

As noted in today's article, it's uncertain why the investigation is taking so long and when a resolution will be reached. In the meantime, other teachers at Leesville Road Middle School are continuing to help make sure that Corbino's sixth-grade science students don't fall behind.

One of the issues that's been raised is whether Corbino, who is Catholic, should have made the request to her students.

You have the unusual situation of an apparently Catholic teacher being suspended with pay following a complaint from a Baptist parent about students being told not to wear rosaries in class.

As noted in today's article, the Wake County school system has suspended with pay Patricia Corbino, a sixth-grade science teacher at Leesville Road Middle School. She admitted in an email to a parent to having told her students not to wear rosaries as necklaces in her classroom.

The parent who filed the complaint, Yvonne McCarty, isn't Catholic so neither she nor her daughter would wear a rosary. But McCarty is charging that Corbino's actions violated the rights of the students to express their religion.