A mom has been charged with baby endangerment after placing her 13-year-old son within the trunk of her automotive to isolate him as soon as he examined constructive for COVID-19.

Authorities allege the 41-year-old lady's son was found in her trunk at a testing web site for the Cypress-Fairbanks faculty district in northwest Houston.

The girl, recognized as Sarah Beam, is a instructor with the Cypress-Fairbanks Unbiased Faculty District who most just lately labored at Cypress Falls Excessive Faculty, in accordance with native TV station KPRC.

In an announcement, the college district stated the kid was not harmed.

"CFPD was alerted that a baby was within the trunk of a automotive at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing web site earlier this week," the college district stated in an announcement to Fox Information. "Legislation enforcement carried out a full investigation, leading to a warrant for arrest."

Court docket paperwork point out that Beam took her son to a drive-thru testing web site on Monday, January 3, KPRC reported.

The location was at Ken Pridgeon Stadium, possible trigger paperwork from the Harris County District Lawyer's Workplace present, in accordance with the Fort Price Star-Telegram.

Bevin Gordon, the college district's director of well being providers, was taking data from autos ready for COVID testing on the stadium when she discovered the 13-year-old within the trunk of a automotive, in accordance with a courtroom doc.

"(The mom) acknowledged that she put (her son) contained in the trunk to stop her from getting uncovered to potential COVID whereas driving (him) to the stadium for added testing," the courtroom doc indicated.

The 13-year-old was found "mendacity down within the trunk," the Fort Price Star-Telegram added.

Gordon reportedly instructed Beam she "wouldn't be receiving COVID testing till the kid could be faraway from the trunk of the automobile and place[d] within the again seat of the automobile," in accordance with Houston's KRIV TV.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from a center faculty close by that confirmed the teenager shifting to the passenger aspect of the again seat of the automobile from the trunk, KRIV reported.

Sarah Beam, Child Endangerment, Charged
A mom has been charged with baby endangerment after allegedly placing her 13-year-old son within the trunk of her automotive to isolate him as soon as he examined constructive for COVID. Above, a well being care employee conducts a COVID-19 take a look at at a drive-thru web site situated in Snyder Park on January 5 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Photos

Gordon later referred to as the college district's police division.

The girl has not but been arrested or turned herself in, in accordance with authorities.

Court docket data didn't checklist an lawyer for her.

She has labored for the Cypress-Fairbanks faculty district since 2011. The district stated she is on administrative depart.

The Related Press contributed to this report.