PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A Perrysburg High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave following a chemical mix-up in a science class that led to several students experiencing symptoms requiring medical attention.
Perrysburg schools said during an activity Monday, the teacher "mistakenly provided ammonia instead of the intended vinegar for an experiment." The district said this resulted in multiple students "ingesting a small amount of the substance."
According to the district, some of the students experienced symptoms and were evaluated by a school nurse before being advised by Poison Control to seek further medical attention as a precaution.
The teacher has been placed on administrative leave, which I presume will end in their dismissal. I genuinely don't understand how this happened (i.e. why was anything in a chemistry lab ingested?) but I hope we will get some follow up with an answer as to what exactly happened.
Mistaking ammonia for acetic acid?
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