Teacher at prestige 'Harmony School of Excellence' doled out twisted punishment to frightened child

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By SOPHIE GABLE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 14:07 EST, 31 January 2025 | Updated: 15:32 EST, 31 January 2025

A young Texas miss said she bedewed her pants astatine schoolhouse aft a teacher blocked her from utilizing the bath - lone to beryllium sent backmost to people successful her soiled clothes.

The humiliating incidental occurred astatine the Harmony School of Excellence successful Houston, which is ranked successful the apical 150 for Texas simple and mediate schools by US News and World Report

Jalia Burchett, 12, was physically blocked from utilizing the restroom by a teacher monitoring the halls connected January 24, she told KTRK.

She was told that she wasn't allowed successful the restroom successful betwixt classes and didn't person a pass.  

Then, connected her mode to class, Jalia said she fell and peed herself. She went to the nurse's bureau for assistance but was told to instrumentality to people arsenic they didn't person pants she could get successful her size. 

Jalia's mother, April Smith, was furious and confused erstwhile she received a substance from her girl explaining the situation. 

'She's 12. "Why would you pee connected yourself?" She told maine a teacher fundamentally blocked her from utilizing the restroom, and they didn't person immoderate pants for her, truthful she needed pants,' Smith told KTRK.

As Jalia waited successful people wearing bedewed jeans, Smith ordered her caller underwear and pants via Instacart, arsenic she was astatine enactment and couldn't driblet the apparel disconnected herself. 

April Smith was shocked and confused erstwhile her 12-year-old girl texted her to accidental that she bedewed her pants successful school 

Harmony School of Excellence is simply a highly ranked charter schoolhouse successful Houston, Texas 

Smith told KTRK that she was ne'er notified astir the incidental and had to interaction the schoolhouse to find retired what happened. 

She called the beforehand table and instructed them to bring Jalia to the beforehand bureau truthful she could hold for caller clothes.  

'It is conscionable inhumane, truthful Jaila didn't spell to schoolhouse connected Monday,' Smith said. 'I fto her decompress each weekend, and connected Tuesday, I called the dean backmost to spot what actions were taken.'

'I don't deliberation I would ever spot a schoolhouse similar that anymore,' Jalia told KTRK. 

Smith said that she was initially told by the schoolhouse that nary enactment would beryllium taken, but the territory has since enactment the staffers progressive connected paid administrative leave. 

The Harmony Public School District said successful a connection that Jalia wasn't blocked from utilizing the bath and was told to get a walk and past travel back, KTRK reported. The schoolhouse added that it is continuing to look into the matter. 

Smith said she pulled her girl from schoolhouse and is considering taking ineligible action. 

'I recognize that determination has to beryllium operation and determination has to beryllium policies, but for a 12-year-old to beryllium forced to usage the restroom connected themselves and to spell to people and beryllium successful their bedewed pants is unacceptable,' she said. 

The Harmony School of Excellence is simply a charter schoolhouse for children successful kindergarten done the eighth grade. It's a portion of the Harmony Public School district, which includes 75 schools. 

The territory counts much than 45,000 students and boasts a 100% assemblage acceptance rate.

Despite the school's precocious ranks, parents person complained astir the mode their children person been treated. 

Jalia Burchett, 12, said she was prevented from utilizing the restroom astatine her mediate school 

The Harmony School of Excellence is simply a charter schoolhouse for children successful kindergarten done the eighth grade 

Last January, the parent of a 15-year-old pupil with peculiar needs claimed that her lad near Harmony Science Academy with a reddish people crossed his face, a pain connected his hand, and a busted lip. 

The ma told KPRC that the schoolhouse ne'er notified her of her son's injuries and however helium got them remained a mystery. 

Her lad is nonverbal and she expressed interest that idiosyncratic astatine the schoolhouse assaulted him. 

Harmony Public Schools said astatine the clip that it didn't judge the schoolhouse was astatine responsibility for his injuries.

'This is each parent's worst nightmare and I americium sick of it. I trusted that schoolhouse to instrumentality attraction of my child,' the parent told KPRC. 

DailyMail.com reached retired to Harmony Public Schools for comment.

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