Florida principal, 45, caught smoking marijuana with her shirt unbuttoned as a male student sat next to her.

A Florida principal of a high school of last resort was found smoking marijuana in her car with her shirt unbuttoned alongside a male student, police say.

North Palm Beach authorities say Krista Morton, 45, was found in her car after police responded to a call about some suspicious behavior Wednesday.

The caller believed someone was having sex or fighting in the car. When police arrived, they say it reeked of marijuana and found a container of the drug in the back seat.

When an officer initially knocked on the window, the principal of Mavericks High charter school in Palm Springs told them she and the 18-year-old student were 'just friends' and that she'd picked him up on the side of the road because she was lonely and wanted to get to know him, the Sun Sentinel  reports.

However, according to the police report, Morton's blouse was unbuttoned 'exposing her shoulders and part of her chest.'

Police say Morton declined to say whether she'd smoked marijuana but said marijuana had been smoked inside the car. 

Police found 20 grams of marijuana, rolling papers and a lighter in the car. 

The student had previously been arrested for marijuana possession. 

It came clear to police that Morton was the teen's principal after he was questioned. She later admitted as much to the officers. 

According to WPTV, many of the students at Mavericks are there because they've fallen behind or been forced to leave other schools.

The Palm Beach County School District says that, while it must initially approve charter schools, it has nothing to do with how they're run thereafter.

Credit: Mail Online.