CLAREMONT, N.H. — Police say a former Vermont school principal has been arrested on a shoplifting charge at a New Hampshire Wal-Mart.

Susan Whittemore of Perkinsville, Vt., was arrested last week in Claremont. She’s scheduled to appear in court on March 25.

The Eagle-Times reports 56-year-old Whittemore had taught fourth grade before serving as principal at Union Street Elementary School and Elm Hill Primary School in Springfield. She retired in October 2011.