NSFW
CAYCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A substitute teacher in Cayce, South Carolina has been charged with public disorderly conduct after allegedly getting drunk on box wine during class last Friday.
Judith Richards-Gartee, 52, showed up to Brookland-Cayce High School intoxicated, local media WISTV reported, citing the police report.
Richards-Gartee was behaving erratically, and students said they saw her drink from a box of wine in her purse.
School administrators arrived to find her on the floor, throwing up.
Too drunk to walk, Richards-Gartee taken to the school nurse in a wheelchair. She was arrested by Lexington police for public disorderly misconduct and transported to a local hospital for treatment.
In a statement given to the media, the school district said Richards-Gartee was not an employee of the school. She works for Kelly Services, a company that contracts with the district to provide substitute teachers.
