A Lake Washington High School teacher is on paid administrative leave after being accused of duct taping a male student to his class chair on Wednesday, Lake Washington School District officials have confirmed.

District officials heard about the incident after another teacher overheard the male student talking about what happened to him later that day.

“Physically constraining students is completely unacceptable,” said district spokeswoman Kathryn Reith in a statement. “I believe it would be a violation of our Human Dignity Policy. It may fall into the state’s code of professional conduct for teachers under disregard of generally recognized professional standards.”

KIRO 7 reported the biology teacher was frustrated with the student, which prompted the taping.

LWHS student Roland Munsil told KIRO the teacher taped the boy multiple times and that he didn’t start complaining until “people started taking his stuff.”

Munsil said at least one student drew on the back of the boy’s neck before he eventually took the tape off and left the class.

Officials with the district immediately began investigating the teacher’s role in the incident; however, student discipline could be in place as soon as today, said Reith.

Because there are stringent laws protecting the student’s privacy, such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, she could not verify many details of the male student who was allegedly taped.

“Should the investigation into this situation find violations of [the district policy] occurred, appropriate discipline will be taken,” Reith said. “Serious infractions by staff can result in discipline up to and including termination.”

The parents of the student were informed of the incident as well as Kirkland police.

Lt. Mike Murray with the Kirkland Police Department confirmed no charges have been filed at this time.

The Reporter will update this report as more information becomes available.