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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

US teacher loses job after bathroom ban led to children urinating on themselves

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Bartlett elementary school pictured on 11 August 2024. Photograph: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

A Texas school teacher is reportedly “no longer employed” at the local district where she had been working after she prohibited her first-grade class from using the bathroom as punishment – causing several students to urinate on themselves.

According to a social media post from a school parent who later spoke to local news outlets, the teacher at Bartlett elementary sent a message to families on Wednesday explaining that her students had “lost their privilege to use the restroom during class because they lost their restroom badge while being in the hallway”.

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