The Department of Children and Families, along with the School District of Palm Beach County, is investigating after an employee was accused of taping a student’s mouth shut at Boca Raton Community Middle School, according to emails WPTV obtained. The child's mother said she became frustrated after learning the employee was investigated for physically putting her hands on a different student at a different school in the same district in 2023.

School employee investigated, accused of taping child's mouth shut