Another one is former Payne County teacher Kimberly Coates. She was suspected of drinking in her classroom and later charged with being drunk on the job.

Another one is former Payne County teacher Kimberly Coates. She was suspected of drinking in her classroom and later charged with being drunk on the job.

A former Payne County teacher charged with being drunk on the job is back in jail. This time she's accused of being drunk in court. Three months after Kimberly Coates was suspected of drinking in ...

Facebook/Wendy Munson The case is reminiscent of Kimberly Coates, a third-grade teacher in Oklahoma who was arrested after allegedly showing up drunk on the first day of school in August.

Kimberly Coates, a white teacher in Oklahoma, was arrested after school employees discovered she was drunk and tried lying about it.

A teacher from Oklahoma has been accused of public drunkeness after allegedly getting drunk in school and trying to bring wine into the classroom. Kimberly Coates, 53, a third-grade teacher at a ...

The Perkins Police Department said school officials started having suspicions of Kimberly Coates’ behavior in the afternoon. Coates is a third-grade teacher at Perkins-Tryon Intermediate School.

Kimberly Coates, 53, was confronted around 3:20 p.m. on Aug. 17 by school resource officer Shane Dean and Perkins-Tryon School Superintendent Doug Ogle over possibly being intoxicated, the City of ...

Kimberly Coates, 53, was confronted around 3:20 p.m. on Aug. 17 by school resource officer Shane Dean and Perkins-Tryon School Superintendent Doug Ogle over possibly being intoxicated, the City of ...