Police probe Gillett student 'prank'

GILLETT — Police are investigating "a misguided prank" that sent a high school teacher to a medical facility for examination after students put chemicals in the teacher's drink Tuesday afternoon.

Two students apparently thought it would be funny to "spike" a container of soda that a teacher had left on a desk after lunch with a small amount of a chemical used to clean dry erase boards, Superintendent Todd Carlson said Tuesday.

"This was some sort of strange practical joke," he said. "It could have caused so much harm."

Administrators had the teacher checked at a local medical facility and notified police, Collins said. He would not identify the teacher, but said the teacher was cleared by a doctor and returned to school Wednesday morning.

The students will face disciplinary action, Collins said, though he said he couldn't say what it would be.

Collins did not identify the chemical. He said it was kept in a spray bottle in the classroom.

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