(Red Oak, Iowa) – An incident Thursday in a Red Oak High School classroom resulted in a teacher being placed on administrative leave. Red Oak Superintendent Ron Lorenz issued a statement to Red Oak Junior/Senior High School students, saying a teacher lost her composure during a Foods and Nutrition class. Rebecca Stanbrough reportedly made “inappropriate comments,” to students in the class.

Superintendent Lorenz said “While we cannot comment specifically on any confidential personnel matters, we wanted to let you know that Mrs. Stanbrough is currently on administrative leave, and the District is looking into this matter in accordance with applicable laws, and Board Policies.”

Additional information regarding the incident – which was apparently caught on video, according to some social media posts -was not released.