PADUCAH, Ky. — A former Western Kentucky high school teacher who was let go after school officials learned that she had appeared in a series of adult movies more than a decade ago has dropped an appeal to get her job back, her attorney says.

Tericka Dye has a teaching job in another state, said attorney Mark Blankenship, who declined to identify the state.

“She is hoping that all of this is now in the past and she can get on with her life,” Blankenship said. “She loves teaching and is happy that she can be teaching again.”

Dye, 34, was suspended with pay from Reidland High School in Paducah last spring — and her teaching contract was not renewed — after she admitted appearing in adult films 11 years ago under the name Rikki Andersin.

Dye said she was living in California at the time and working as an exotic dancer, and she desperately needed money. She has said she worked hard to turn her life around, get a teaching degree and help others.

Dye agreed to withdraw her appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss her lawsuit against the McCracken County school system. That agreement was finalized Friday when the Kentucky Court of Appeals dismissed the case.