Texas Boy Allegedly Forced To Pee In Bottle After Teacher Denies Him Bathroom Break (VIDEO)

A 7th grader at Klein ISD in Houston, Tex. says he was forced to urinate in a plastic water bottle after his teacher denied his plea to use the restroom, My Fox Houston reports.

"Finally, the teacher gets tired enough of him asking; tells him absolutely no, she's going to write him up if he asks again," Bill Hawkins, the boy's attorney, told the station. "If he leaves the classroom, she'll write him up for truancy, and then she has the nerve to tell him she hopes he pees his pants."

Despite the boy's testimony, according to a post by the Houston Chronicle, he faces one month in "an alternative campus" as punishment for the public potty break.

Hawkins told the paper that the boy's parents declined to have their names released, but contacted him last week to appeal the disciplinary action.

According to a report by KPRC TV, school officials declined to discuss the incident, but issued a statement:

"Klein ISD must follow proper protocol when dealing with disciplinary matters for all students and the information must be kept confidential. The same is true for matters involving employees. As far as bathroom breaks, the student handbook under the section Behavior of Students indicates that students will find the following suggestions helpful in maintaining a good relationship with their teachers and fellow students.

Plan your rest stops and use the water fountain between classes. With that said, teachers typically handle situations like this on a case by case basis.

To be clear on the facts, the principal issued the discipline placement and the parents are appealing that placement. The appeal process now goes to the associate superintendent of school administration, where the case will be heard and either upheld, changed or reversed."

Comments

[Tenley]

01:41 PM on 03/25/2012

So he wasn't allowed permission to use the restroom, the teacher tells him if he leaves he'll be in trouble as a truant, and says she hopes he pees his pants. (Nice!) He doesn't pee his pants but urinates in a bottle, and is in trouble for THAT. This truly was a no-win situation for the kid, and even before this went national already likely was enough to keep him subject to harassment from fellow students for the rest of his school years. I mean it sounds like flat-out bullying and abuse on the part of the teacher. I can't conceive of any sound defense of ALL of these points taken together.

[SoCalifTeacher]

08:22 AM on 01/30/2012

Why is it a middle school student who can sleep for 6 hours without peeing his bed has to go to the restroom during class and miss instruction day after day after day? Amazing how you can set a clock by the one kid who always has to go to the restroom and disappears for 20 minutes. And why is it always the the kid who is the biggest pain-in-the-asp? I would like to know if his daily plea to go to the restroom occurs before or after he announces he doesn't have a pencil, his notebook, or his homework?

[stopnlisten]

01:27 PM on 01/29/2012

Where did the poor kid pee in the bottle? In the classroom? I'm a teacher, but my own children know if they are in an "emergency situation" they are to go and I would back them up. By the way, why did the kid have a bottle in the classroom if they are supposed to use the water fountain during passing ime according to the passage in the article?

[Kriggens]

02:06 PM on 01/28/2012

I'd like to know what they consider "not a serious discipline" problem. This could mean anything, but it doesn't mean a clean record. Low level offenses, until the teacher can't trust him when he does need something. These kids are rampant in the school system. They ask to go to the bath room less than 5 minutes into class, they take 10 minutes to do their business, and then want to go again 5 minutes before the end of class. Cry "wolf" too many times and you won't be taken seriously when the wolf is at the door. Heaven forbid that we hold the kid accountable though. In this society, nothing is the child's fault, it's all teacher. (for you literalistic folks, please remember to read the last line with the sarcasm intended)

[Fellow Teacher]

01:04 AM on 01/28/2012

It's not a power trip, dear. Rules are there for a reason. In this case, so all the.students can learn wihout interference and disruptions from others. 12 minutes between class is more than adequate in a school this size for students to go to locker, get water,
and get to class on time. That's even enough time for interaction with their friends. I am all for fair treatment of our students. But, its not fair to continually correct or discipline a student when it wastes other students' class time.

[Righterthenthou76]

03:05 AM on 01/29/2012

First of all there's this thing call the "reply" button, but anyway,thanks for signing up to Huffington Post over this issue. Its nice to see teacher solidarity on the major annoyance of student bathroom breaks. You know, because everything else about actual teaching and educating of our kids is going swell. In a college setting the kid could get up and leave, they might loose a few participation points, but that's it. That's about as far as the discipline should go for this kid. Yes, it's slightly disruptive when a student leaves and then reenters the room, but far less so than requiring teacher approval, or the circus of what happened here. As usual, the school system lacks common sense. Yeah, its annoying when a kid does this, but it happens, and they need a better system in place to deal with it when it does. Repeat offenders should get more discipline , but still allowed to relieve themselves each time. They need clear common sense rules, like if you leave or drink in class you loose points for the day, if you keep leaving or drinking you loose more points and if you still keep leaving you go talk to the principal about not drinking or better managing your time.

[Fellow Teacher]

11:13 PM on 01/27/2012

Well, I know for a fact this teacher is an excellent educator and would never do anything to intentionally harm a child, emotionally or physically. Had the student followed the rules in place regarding drinks in class, he likely would not have had this alleged "emegency" due to the fact the he likely was trying to be "cool" and sneak his water bottle to have some mid-class refreshment. So the student had never been in "real trouble"....sounds to me like this is the type of student/person who's minor trouble escalate to major trouble in later years. AND I JUST KNOW, when I have to really, really, really use the restroom I have plenty of time work a water bottle up my pants leg and get in the perfect position so I don't mess myself....
What's wrong with the education system is these parents think their children are perfect and have the schools so afraid of real discipline, the teachers can't do their jobs. Quit raising your children to be entitled little jerks with zero respect for authority figures.

[lcr999]

12:15 AM on 01/28/2012

teacher on a power trip.

[carnivaluv]

04:46 PM on 01/27/2012

If you've got to go, you've got to go. This teacher should've just let him go to the bathroom.

[TXAmanda]

03:12 PM on 01/27/2012

The ironic thing is, if the kid had peed his pants rather than in a bottle, the Teacher would have been the one disciplined, not the student.

[Righterthenthou76]

02:51 AM on 01/29/2012

Doubtful, the school district or if not them the union would have found a way to keep the teacher on the payroll.

[flyingtuna]

12:30 PM on 01/27/2012

We don't really know the whole story. We don't know the boy's conduct history. Up front, the teacher seems to be very draconinan, but we don't know both sides of the whole story. In fairness to the teacher, breaks between classes are normally adequate to take care of private business. Can you immagine what it would be like trying to teach a class with one after another wanting to go to the restroom?

In fairness to the student, perhpas he has a medical condition, or maybe bullies hang out in the restroom.

We don't know.

[Righterthenthou76]

02:50 AM on 01/29/2012

"breaks between classes are normally adequate to take care of private business."
Not really. In my high school we had 4 minutes between classes all but once a day (when it was 15) and it was almost impossible in several cases to walk form one classroom to the restroom, use it, go to your locker (if needed) and get across the building in 4 minutes. Thank goodness most of my teachers were reasonable about the restrooms, i did see one incident like this, complete with the teacher telling the kid to pee her pants, though thankfully for her it ended less dramatically. The thing that puts it over the top in my view was the teacher saying she hoped the kid peed his pants. That's a friable offense right there, if it's indeed true.

[onyota1]

12:19 PM on 01/27/2012

I think the teacher was in the wrong , and the boy did what he had to do . He shouldn't be punished for it either.

[Jane Reed]

09:44 PM on 01/26/2012

Not much has changed in this regard, since my school days. SAD !

[BENNIJ]

11:20 AM on 02/14/2012

IF PARENTS ONLY KNEW 1/8 OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL THEY WOULD HOME SCHOOL

[Righterthenthou76]

08:23 PM on 01/26/2012

People wounder why are school systems across this country are so messed up? This is one small example. I'd bet money that this kind of thing happens every week around the country and isn't reported on in the media. I've seen slightly less dramatic episodes like this one in my school system. The whole top down system, where students are never trusted to be responsible is a joke and its quite literally poising our kids future form the inside out. We need to totally rethink the way our kids are educated in this nation. Don't think this kind of crap can't happen in your district, it likely already has. And it will not stop until students and parents go to school board meetings, and demand reform.

[Kriggens]

02:01 PM on 01/28/2012

Reform? How about this for reform? How about the parents teach their children to follow the rules and take their education seriously? I see this kind of kid every day. Never "serious" discipline problems, but they talk through the lesson, don't do the assignments, disrupt class on a low level, just enough to be a problem, never enough to be written up as serious. We need to rethink the way we are raising our kids.

[Righterthenthou76]

02:43 AM on 01/29/2012

I'm confused how requests to go to the restroom are a discipline problem, or not "taking education seriously". No teacher should ever tell someone they hope the student pees their pants, this is something I've personally witnessed & find totally repugnant. Any teacher that says this needs to be fired on the spot. If students in college are free to drink in class and also get up and use the restroom, why is it different with a 7th grader? It's a little disruptive when someone leaves the room during class, but really, it's more reasonable to allow it in a K-12 setting than in college. Kids typically have between 4-5 minutes between classes in middle/high school. In my high school, it was almost impossible in several cases to walk form one classroom to the restroom, use it, go to your locker and get across the building in 4 minutes. In college, people come & go & set their own timing so it is much easier to plan ahead in terms of bathroom breaks, plus each class is usually shorter. But they're over 18, so its harder to outright "control" their behavior. The kid doesn't deserve to be punished that severely for his actions. Perhaps at most a talking to form the principal about not drinking in class.Its a myth that kids will learn better if they are controlled more. They need fewer rules, better, more innovative teaching & a whole lot more common sense form the adults in the room.