A woman arrested last October for teaching a second-grade class in a northern California school while she had a blood-alcohol level too high to legally drive a car won’t face charges for Teaching While Intoxicated because, apparently, alcohol use is an accepted coping mechanism for California teachers.
Per the Daily Mail, 57-year-old Wendy Munson was legally intoxicated, but won’t face any charges because there was insufficient evidence of a crime being committed. “The mere potential that a situation could arise is insufficient to meet the requirements under the law. While teaching under the influence is highly inappropriate, it is, unfortunately, not illegal,” the prosecutor’s office said in announcing no charges were being filed.