I guess she figured it was a COLA

Coat goes missing at an Oregon elementary school. Eerily similar coat appears for sale on eBay. Area teacher is caught selling the coat.

The mother alerted another bidder that the coat might be stolen, and the other bidder relayed the information to the seller, Logan. Police said Logan asked the other bidder to outbid the girl's mother.

Logan was put on leave a day after her arrest.

The teacher denies stealing it, claiming the oldest defense in the world: finders keepers, losers weepers.