A instructor in Florida is accused of an motion that led to a college being locked down and his arrest.

Martin Reese, an artwork teacher at Creekside Center College in Port Orange, Florida, allegedly performed loud music and refused to show it down, in response to Fox 35 in Orlando. Reportedly, Reese, together with his loud music, was purposely aspiring to disrupt statewide testing that was going down on the college.

Police mentioned they had been known as to the varsity simply earlier than midday Tuesday over a disturbance. Reese, who had introduced a big speaker from dwelling, was enjoying music loudly in his classroom with the door open as the scholars had been taking their exams, in response to the police report.

The report additionally said that Reese was requested a number of instances to show down the music however refused. Whereas interacting with the varsity administration, he started streaming the incident on Fb Reside.

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Picture of an empty classroom in New York Metropolis on November 19, 2020. A instructor in Florida was arrested after he reportedly performed loud music aspiring to disrupt testing on the college. (Picture by Michael Loccisano/Getty Photographs)Michael Loccisano/Getty Photographs

It was at the moment, police advised WESH in an announcement, that the varsity was positioned beneath lockdown. It talked about that no weapons had been concerned and that at no time in the course of the scenario had been any college students in peril.

In an announcement shared on social media, the Port Orange Police Division referenced an incident at Creekside Center College, which resulted within the college being positioned on a "transient lockdown." It additionally mentioned the lockdown had been lifted and that every part on the college was again to regular.

The police report talked about that at one level in the course of the incident, Reese left the classroom, went to the varsity's courtyard, and eliminated his shirt "whereas in entrance of roughly 400 college students that had been within the cafeteria." The courtyard faces the cafeteria, the report defined.

Reese had been with the varsity district since 2009, WESH reported. He had solely been at Creekside Center College since late March, roughly two weeks.

A spokesman with the varsity district advised WESH that Reese had been relieved of his duties. Reese faces expenses of disrupting a faculty operate and disorderly conduct.

One mum or dad mentioned that regardless that her little one was not injured bodily, the incident didn't assist her scholar's nervousness concerning the take a look at.

"They're making an attempt to get via it, so to have a disruption whereas they're burdened and making an attempt to get via their testing, she was slightly irritated. Sort of shaken up," Aubrey Markovitz advised Fox 35.

Newsweek reached out to the varsity district and the Port Orange Police Division for remark however didn't hear again earlier than publication.

This incident at Creekside Center College comes after an elementary instructor in Florida was charged after allegedly hitting an autistic scholar. Surveillance footage supposedly caught the instructor placing the coed within the face, in response to the arrest report.

Additionally in Florida, a instructor was charged after she reportedly bit two college students who had been engaged in an argument over a jar of pickles.

Up to date 4/6/22, 4:23 PM ET: The story has been up to date with data from a police report.