Texas Middle Schoolers Given Tattoos in Classroom with Dirty Needle
Multiple teachers at a Greenville, Texas middle school have been suspended after students engaged in a mass tattooing session during class, using a dirty needle
The youngsters reportedly used temporary ink to carve one another’s bodies with the shared needle Tuesday, officials said, igniting concerns that they may have also injected themselves with disease.
“How is it that these kids are getting tattoos in class and not one teacher noticed it?” irate mother Ashley Armstrong fumed to Fox 4 News.
Armstrong’s 11-year-old son, Jordan, used the dirty needle to scrape “I heart my lord” across his entire forearm and “JC” on his hands on Tuesday while he was inside his classroom at Travis Intermediate in Greenville, roughly 50 miles northeast of Dallas.
Jordan claimed one boy approached him and offered to tattoo him. That needle was then “shared several times from one class to another class to another class,” Armstrong told the outlet.
The nurse called Armstrong to notify her of the alarming incident — and warned her to get bloodwork done immediately.
Fortunately, the tests came back negative for any diseases. Armstrong lectured Jordan — saying “he knows better” — but questioned how teachers allowed the underage tattoo session to go as far as it did.
“It’s with the needle, so I don’t care if it’s temporary ink or not,” Armstrong said.
“This can affect him, seriously affect him. I’m not letting up on any of that.”
Greenville ISD on Thursday confirmed the bizarre debacle, stating that it had suspended several teachers assigned to the classrooms where the incidents occurred as an investigation is underway.
“Greenville ISD is aware of an incident at Travis Intermediate School where students gave each other tattoos using temporary ink and the same needle,” the district said in a statement.
