Some concerned parents in New Toronto are hopping mad after learning two young students were taped to their chairs by a teacher.

A teacher at Seventh Street Junior School has been put on home assignment and stands to be demoted or lose his job after an investigation by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).

The TDSB has confirmed it is probing allegations that two children were taped to chairs by a teacher at the school.

Board officials said it is not the first time an Ontario teacher has faced allegations like this. Toronto Police and the Children’s Aid Society are also involved in the case.

No further details about the allegations have been released by the school board.

The teacher, and an early childhood educator, have both been placed on home assignment pending the outcome of an investigation, the Board said.

“In the meantime, we have offered social work support for the students in the impacted class,” said TDSB spokesman Ryan Bird. “These allegations are very serious and, if true, would be completely unacceptable and could result in serious consequences up to and including dismissal.”

The TDSB says they have offered social work support for students in the impacted class.

A parent told the CBC that her five-year-old daughter was one of the students taped to her chair.

“She told me she was supposed to be sitting in her seat and kept getting up. And so the teacher told her that she was going to have to put tape on her so that she wouldn’t move.”

The mom received a call from another parent whose child saw the teacher tape down her daughter.

She had her daughter explain what had happened to her.

“I sat down and she showed me that a piece of green tape was placed across her thighs on to the sides of the chair,” she said.

Apparently it was not the first time tape was used by this teacher to subdue a child.