Trainer Fired After Punishing College students by Not Letting Them Use Restroom

A Texas elementary faculty instructor was fired after denying restroom entry to college students as a type of punishment, based on the college district.

College students in a single first grade class at Bartlett Elementary Faculty have been allegedly instructed on Wednesday, Dec. 4, that they may now not use the lavatory after they misplaced a “restroom badge” within the hallway, based on stories from NBC affiliate KPRC 2 and CBS affiliate KHOU.

In a message to oldsters on the finish of the college day, their instructor allegedly stated that she instructed the scholars round midday that they may now not use the lavatory, based on KHOU.

Mother Ashley Chancey tells PEOPLE that folks say at the least six college students had accidents that afternoon. “My son was requested to work in an unhygienic and unhealthy setting surrounded by urine in his workspace and with emotional college students in dirty clothes,” she says.

Fellow classroom mother Amber Johnson additionally instructed KPRC in an interview that based on her daughter, “some folks have been crying to loss of life to go to the lavatory.”

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On Wednesday, the Conroe Impartial Faculty District despatched out a message to oldsters stating that the punishment was “not indicative of the secure and loving setting we foster at Bartlett Elementary.”

“This afternoon, we have been made conscious of a scenario in a first-grade classroom wherein restroom privileges have been revoked. I’ve spoken with the dad and mom of each college students who, upsettingly, had accidents,” the administration stated within the letter, which was obtained by KPRC. “The category can have a present employees member to function the substitute instructor for the rest of the week whereas we full our investigation into the matter.”

In an announcement, the Conroe Impartial Faculty District stated that the instructor “is now not employed” with the district.

“Bartlett Elementary and District directors have been made conscious of a scenario after faculty dismissed on Wednesday wherein a primary grade instructor on the faculty denied college students entry to the restroom as a punishment,” learn the assertion, shared with PEOPLE on Friday, Dec. 6.

“This incident just isn’t a mirrored image of the hundreds of outstanding educators instructing in school rooms throughout the District,” the assertion continued. “We’re dedicated to supporting the scholars and households impacted by this upsetting occasion and are devoted to fostering a tradition of mutual respect and care amongst all college students, households, and employees.”

Nonetheless, some dad and mom like Chancey are nonetheless involved and are urging the college district to take motion in order that one thing comparable by no means occurs once more.

“I believe it could be extremely necessary to have a coverage in place concerning fundamental human rights: like restroom utilization,” she says. “These are kids, and to humiliate or dehumanize, or degrade their wants in any method is totally unacceptable. Their love of training is deep rooted of their experiences particularly at such a younger age, conditions like this may trigger life-long repercussions.”