PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Authorities say a South Florida elementary school teacher received a loaded .22-caliber handgun in a package that was meant to be an end-of-year-gift from a student.

The Palm Beach County School District reports that the grandmother of an 8-year-old student met the teacher in the Allamanda Elementary School parking lot Tuesday afternoon and gave her the gift. When the teacher opened the box later at home, she found assorted toiletries and the gun among the packaging.

School officials say the grandmother was apparently unaware that the gun was in the box. The district is also reporting that the gun was never actually in the school building and that no student ever handled the weapon.

The identities of the teacher and student weren't immediately released.

The investigation was ongoing.