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California elementary teacher arrested after allegedly driving to school, teaching class drunk

www.cbsnews.com California elementary teacher arrested after allegedly driving to school, teaching class drunk

A second-grade teacher in Northern California has been arrested on allegations that she drove to work and was teaching class drunk.

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office says, Monday morning, they got a report that a staff member at Nuestro Elementary School in Live Oak appeared to be under the influence.

Deputies soon showed up at the school and encountered 57-year-old Wendy Munson, who was in the middle of teaching her second-grade class. Deputies noted signs and symptoms of Munson-Swartz being under the influence.

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I was in the nurse's office on my awesome but seriously alcoholic drama teacher showed up to school drunk and they brought her in there to deal with her. That was her last day. She was also the city clerk and they fired her from that too. She died soon afterward, sadly.
- Alcoholism is terrible to watch play out, especially if it's happening to a loved one who won't give it up. It's a shame it's so normalized in society.
  
  She got fired for it. From both of her jobs. I'd hardly call that normalizing alcoholism.
- I think alcoholism and drug addiction are diseases that should be handled like disabilities by employers. Dismissal should be a last resort, preceded by insured disability treatments.
  
  Unfortunately you are very often a liability when not sober.
  
  Teachers would be setting a bad example for kids. Tradesmen could make fatal mistakes, fuck up your house, cut off their fingers, whatever. A nurse... think that's obviously.
  
  On and on
  
  Maybe office jobs could be more lenient though
Simpsons did it first.
It's a lot to expect teachers to deal with all the student and administration crap while sober.
- It's time to normalize teachers getting drunk and high at work.
She’s a real Munson.

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