Teacher in trouble for putting kid in closet

A Clarksville teacher is in trouble after she told a 10-year-old student who didn’t finish a test in time to go into a closet and finish up while the rest of the class moved on.

LeJohntria Moore, a fourth grader at Glen Ellen Elementary, said she was scared inside the supply closet.

“There was nothing in it but junk and boxes,” she said.

School officials said teacher Ann Thompson made an error in judgment.

“It was inappropriate for obvious reasons,” said Michelle Newell, a spokeswoman for Clarksville schools.

Thompson received an official reprimand that will stay in her file. The school system also said it won’t renew her contract because of her overall performance.

But the child’s mother, Taralin Moore, wasn’t satisfied and called the Department of Children’s Services.

DCS said it is investigating and should be finished in about 60 days.

“All I want is answers and some kind of repercussions for the teacher because if it had been me to put my daughter in a closet there would have been repercussions,” Moore said.

Thompson has no other reprimands or disciplinary actions in her file.