MITCHELLVILLE, Md. -- Another Prince George's County teacher is under investigation for allegedly shutting up students with tape.
The Kingsford Elementary School teacher taped seven third-grade students' mouths shut to keep them quiet Tuesday, school officials said. A school administrator saw a child with a taped mouth in the hallway, schools spokesman John White said, and parents were notified.
The teacher has been reassigned away from children while the school board investigates whether there's anything substantial in the allegation.
School officials said white masking tape was used, not duct tape, as initially reported.
A similar incident last week at Flintstone Elementary in Oxon Hill is under investigation by police. In that case, a teacher's aide is accused of taping several students' mouths shut in the cafeteria after they disobeyed orders to be quiet.
