Brookline teacher allegedly duct-taped student's mouth

By Globe Staff

A Brookline teacher is no longer on the job after he allegedly duct-taped a student's mouth shut early this month.

Christopher Huggins, who taught seventh- and eighth-grade science, allegedly taped the seventh-grade student's mouth shut on Jan. 2.

School Superintendent Bill Lupini declined to say whether Huggins had been fired. But he said the school had placed him on administrative leave after hearing of the alleged incident, had conducted an investigation, and had held an administrative hearing on Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, he said, "Mr. Huggins is no longer an employee of the Brookline schools."

Lupini said he wouldn't talk about the details of the investigation, including why Huggins allegedly acted the way he did.

"I think we were able to confirm that this indeed did happen and get to some of the reasons behind it," he said. But he added, "I can't come up with a reasonable explanation to taping a student's mouth with duct tape."

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