Teacher Arrested for Alleged Intoxication on School Premises
A third-grade teacher in Payne County, Oklahoma, was arrested on school premises last Thursday, accused of being under the influence of alcohol while on duty. Kimberly Coates, who teaches at Perkins-Tryon Intermediate School, was suspected of unusual behavior by school officials in the afternoon. The school district’s superintendent requested the school resource officer to administer a breathalyzer test to Coates. Following the test, which confirmed the presence of alcohol in her system, she was arrested …