BREAKING NEWS – Perkins, Oklahoma – An Oklahoma teacher was arrested on the first day of elementary school after allegedly being drunk while teaching children, authorities said.
Kimberly Coates, 53, was confronted by school resource officer Shane Dean and Perkins-Tryon School Superintendent Doug Ogle over possibly being intoxicated, the City of Perkins said in a statement.
Coates began to say that she had taken medicine for anxiety the night before but was unable to name the medication. The third-grade teacher then agreed to take a breath test, during which she blew a blood alcohol concentration of .24 — three times the legal limit of .08, officials said.
Even though Coates is an English teacher, the School Superintendent said the only letters she needs to know now is “AA”.