Teacher arrested for showing up drunk to the first day of school, police release bodycam footage

A third-grade teacher in Oklahoma was arrested for public intoxication on the first day of school. Kimberly Coates, 53, allegedly showed signs of impairment and admitted to consuming alcohol before arriving at Perkins-Tryon Intermediate School. Police captured the incident through bodycams and recently released the footage. Kimberly Coates, a third-grade teacher, is facing one count of public intoxication following an incident on Thursday, Aug. 17. The Perkins Police Department responded to reports of an allegedly …

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