(AP) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. A high school science teacher was placed on paid leave after allegedly duct-taping a noisy freshman's mouth shut in an incident reportedly captured by students' cell phone cameras.
Bakersfield High School teacher Carol Humphrey was placed on leave last week, district spokesman John Teves said Monday.
A student in Humphrey's class was making a sound by thumping his fingers against his cheeks, Teves said.
The teacher then taped the boy's mouth shut and taped a few of his fingers together, students told officials.
"I think the teacher may have thought this was a humorous way to address it," Teves said. "It was not humorous. Putting hands on a student is not acceptable."
Humphrey, a 35-year veteran of the Kern High School District, has not had any disciplinary problems before and was once voted by students to be the female teacher "Most Like a Parent."
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