GRANBURY, Texas — A North Texas teacher has resigned after a science experiment caused an injury to a student, according to Granbury Independent School District.
On Tuesday, Granbury ISD posted a tweet, saying that one of the district teachers has resigned and "is no longer an employee of the school district" after a student injury from the previous week.
The injury happened following the student's involvement in a science class experiment, according to Granbury ISD. WFAA doesn't know yet the age of the student or the current status following the injury.
Campus officials have turned the situation over to law enforcement, and they say proper authorities will further investigate what happened. Granbury ISD sent WFAA the following statement:
"Given that this is a personnel matter and we must follow federal requirements regarding student confidentially, we are not able to provide more details. The matter has been under investigation by the City of Granbury fire inspector/investigator."
WFAA reached out to the Granbury Police Department on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, Granbury police said its initial investigation showed the teacher, a 37-year-old woman, put hand sanitizer in the hands of a 12-year-old male student and lit the hand sanitizer as part of a science experiment. Police said this had reportedly been done multiple times throughout the day with other students without incident, but the student in question suffered possible third-degree burns on his hands.
Granbury PD said the incident is still under further investigation and will be submitted to the District Attorney’s Office for review.
This is a developing story, and it will be updated when WFAA gets more information.
