GEORGETOWN, KY. (THECOUNT) — Brook Ellen West has been identified as the substitute teacher arrested in Kentucky after allegedly endangering middle school students by teaching while drunk.
West, 32, was taken into custody Monday on charges of public intoxication and endangering the welfare of a minor after drinking on the job while working at a Scott County Schools, in Georgetown, KY.
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Scott County Sheriff’s deputies say she told authorities she had four shots of vodka while teaching a class at Royal Springs Middle School in Georgetown. They say she smelled of alcohol, was unsteady on her feet, yelled and cursed at the children, and had a blood alcohol content level of .317, reports WSLS.
Scott County Schools says the teacher is no longer employed by the district in any capacity.
According to Facebook, West is an activist and staunch Hillary Clinton supporter during the 2016 Presidential election.
Geo quick facts: Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2017 population was 33,660 per the United States Census Bureau. It is the 7th-largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county – Wikipedia.