"A Conroe elementary school teacher is no longer employed after denying 1st grade students access to the restroom ... several students wet themselves."

BREAKING: A public school teacher lost her job after refusing to let first graders use the restroom. Multiple kids peed themselves after the teacher revoked the entire class's right to use the restroom. The teacher messaged parents blaming the victims. Buckle up👇🧵

The 1st grade teacher is Ashley Barrera. She taught at Bartlett Elementary School in Conroe, Texas. She's no longer employed by the district.

The teacher sent this message to parents: "I had a talk with our students about how important it is to use our thing appropriately, but please have a talk with them.. For I know that if we both help them understand the rules, they will understand it better" Blaming the victims.

"Parents say this issue didn't just start yesterday.. it's been ongoing for weeks .. [a student says] her classmates were screaming and crying to go to the bathroom and some of them even went to the restroom on themselves."

"The restroom pass went missing, so Ms. Barrera punished the entire class." Student: "Some people were crying to death to go to the bathroom."

Parent: "There’s about 6 who actually soiled themselves and had accidents."

Parent: "The class erupted in laughter as kids that are 7 do. & the little girl was just absolutely mortified.. there was urine all over the little girl.. a puddle of urine under the chair that nobody came to help with, & nobody came to clean her up for the remainder of the day.”

Parent: "It’s inhumane to not allow somebody to relieve themselves of a bodily function that everybody has."

The school district: "We have conducted a comprehensive investigation, and the teacher is no longer employed by Conroe ISD."

Parent: "If I sent my child to this school smelling like that, they would call CPS and have me investigated and try to have my child taken away from me. 'So, how is it OK for my child to go to school clean, prepared, and come home smelling like that?"

Another theory: the kids peed their pants on purpose to get a hated teacher fired. They saw their opportunity and went for it. Well played. Special merit for those going #2. That’s going above and beyond. Taking one for the team.

Denying them to use the bathroom can cause urinary tract infections and kidney issues if this was a long-term punishment. My daughter had one of her kidneys ruptured during the delivery of her. This would’ve caused her more stress and more damage to the surviving kidney.