Thankfully, students in Wagoner, Oklahoma do not return to school on Monday. Otherwise, they might have seen their new teacher in an intoxicated state and without pants.
Police say that Lori Hill, a new teacher working for the Wagoner Public Schools district, was found in an empty classroom at the high school by two other teachers on Monday, reports Fox23. Monday was the first day of school for teachers, but classes for students do not start until today.
Hill was disoriented not wearing pants, Police Chief Bob Haley told Tulsa World. He said that officers spoke with her and they figured that she was drinking.
“She was found in a room kind of disoriented. By the time we got there she was in a room and wearing shorts,” Haley said.
Haley told Fox23 that Hill has only been charged with public intoxication. They did find evidence that she was drinking in her car, but could not find a witness that could prove that Hill drank while driving from her home to the school or if she drank at home. While being questioned, she did admit that she was drinking.
The Wagoner school district did not comment on the situation, noting that this is a personal situation.