On Wednesday afternoon, the parents of Tanner Cagle began to worry why he wasn't home.  He attends Kindergarten at Washington Elementary. After 45 minutes of waiting for their son to come home they went to Washington Elementary to see where he was. The school secretary and the Cagles went back to the Kindergarten classroom to see where Tanner was. They found him in a room adjacent to the Kindergarten room, alone, crying, and in the dark. He had wet his pants and had been in the room for an hour and a half.  

The Kindergarten teacher said that she had placed Tanner there at the end of the Kindergarten for unreleased reasons and forgot that he was there. The teacher feels very bad for what happened and is being investigated. The superintendent of the Caldwell school district said that it "wasn't a preferred practice" for teachers. The room is usually used for working with students one on one or if a student becomes a danger to themselves or to their classmates.

I think that putting a child in a dark room,alone, for ninety minutes is a horrible thing to do. Keep in mind that this was a five year old Kindergarten student. The parents of Tanner are understandably angry and want the problem to be dealt with. Mr. Cagle met with the principle of the school on Thursday morning and agreed that Tanner would be placed in a different Kindergarten class for the rest of the year. The Caldwell school district also said that they were taking appropriate actions against the teacher. Her name isn't being released because she hasn't been charged for a crime.