An Alvord ISD teacher apologized to students after feeding a kitten to a snake kept in their classroom.
Alvord ISD Superintendent Randy Brown said district officials received a report on Sept. 3 from a parent who heard a teacher fed a kitten to a snake in front of students. The district’s police department and administrators investigated the report and confirmed that the allegations being shared online were not accurate.
On Friday, the district confirmed to NBC 5 that an Advanced Animal Science teacher at Alvord High School fed an ailing kitten to a snake before the start of the school day and outside the presence of students.
“She later acknowledged this decision to her class and permitted a student, with parental consent, to take the remaining ailing kittens home,” Brown said. “The teacher, an experienced educator and animal lover, has apologized to the students for her actions and voluntarily removed all snakes from her classroom.”
The Alvord ISD said the school district’s police department conferred with the county’s animal control department and district attorney’s office and decided to let the school district handle the matter. The superintendent said the school district consulted with legal counsel and confirmed the incident with the teacher was isolated and has been addressed and remediated.
“We understand that some students and others were upset by this situation, and that is the last thing we want,” Brown said, adding that anyone with information about the investigation or concerns about their children can report those to school staff.
NBC 5 asked the district where the teacher obtained the ailing kittens, but has not yet received a reply. The superintendent said the ailing kittens that were taken home by the student later died.