Four students under the age of four were hospitalized after apparent exposure to a toxic substance at a daycare on Monday.
Prosper dispatch officers had responded to a medical emergency called in by Primrose School of Prosper after reports of four students from the same classroom had fallen ill on October 31. The children were taken to the hospital, and the school was closed for the day.
All four students were discharged and are recovering. Officials claimed that evidence suggested that the children had been exposed to Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient found in marijuana.
The exposure was allegedly linked by authorities to Anisah Burks, one of the teachers at Primrose School of Prosper, according to WFAA. Burks was later arrested for multiple charges, including four counts of injury to a child and possession of a controlled substance.
The school released a statement stating that the arrested teacher had been fired. The statement clarified that personnel must pass background checks before being hired and that the alleged offender had been subject to the same procedures.
“Words cannot sufficiently express our deep concern over this matter. We have every reason to believe, including from the authorities, that this was an isolated incident involving one teacher who was immediately terminated,” said the school in the statement.
The school reopened on Tuesday, November 1.
