Cherish Rednour, 41, was arrested Thursday after students reported she snorted powder in front of the classroom

A middle school teacher was arrested for allegedly crushing a pill with a credit card, making a line, and snorting the powder all in front of her students.

Cherish Rednour, 41, was arrested by police on Thursday after her eighth-grade students watched the shocking display and saw her slump over the desk afterwards and struggle to remain awake.

The alarming act took place around 1p.m. at Menifee County Middle School in Frenchburg, Kentucky.

She was arrested Thursday and charged with public intoxication of a controlled substance (excludes alcohol), first-degree possession of controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The local sheriff's department along with the school principal confronted Rednour with the student's accounts and had her complete several Field Sobriety Tests, according to Lex18.

Sheriffs scoured the mother-of-one's classroom and found white residue on her desk as well as a credit card with white powder residue.

This was Rednour's first year teaching at Menifee County Middle School in Frenchburg, Kentucky, pictured above with her young daughter

Rednour was subjected to sobriety tests that same day and police found white residue on her desk and along her credit card.

The scene of the crime: The act took place around 1p.m. on Thursday at Menifee County Middle School (above) where she started working at the beginning of this school year

Rednour was booked into Montgomery County Jail with her possession and use charges

When she was searched she was found in possession of a tampon applicator in her bra that 'resembled a very small, cut straw', according to the arrest citation.

School Superintendent Timothy Spencer said this is Rednour's has worked for the school since the beginning of the school year, according to WKYT.

This is also the first time Spencer has experienced an incident where an employee is under the influence while on the job.

She is now in Montgomery County Jail.