Teacher tells student to clean up classmate's urine

A local teacher admits to having a student clean up another students urine. Now the mother of the kindergartner says it's time for that teacher to go. The Police even investigated the incident, but said nothing criminal happened. Still the School and the St. Lucie County School Board are taking this very seriously, removing the teacher from the classroom while they investigate.

"I was in shock. I couldn't sleep. I was pacing the floor," Lisa Portieles, mother of the kindergartener, told CBS 12.

She is furious about what happened Monday at her daughter's school, Floresta Elementary in Port St Lucie. After entering the class's bathroom, the kindergartner quickly alerted her teacher, Martha Ensley, to what she described as a "yellow puddle on the floor", left by another student. According to a police report about the incident, the teacher said she was in the middle of a lesson plan, and told Portieles's six year old daughter to clean the mess up herself. The student was given three "dolphin dollars"- school credits, as a reward for cleaning up the mess. Students use the dolphin dollars to buy things at the school, and to pay for events like school dances. Portieles said the teacher took advantage of her daughter's eagerness to help.

"She's a kid, she's six years old. It's like giving a kid candy. Hey will you go take that trash out. I'll give you a piece of candy. Kids going to do it. It's a kid," said.

Ensley told police she didn't mean to cause the student any harm and admitted that she made a poor decision. Police concluded that the teacher did not break any laws. Lisa Portieles wants the teacher's removal to be permanent.

"There's no excuse. That's laziness to send a child to go do your job. You get paid to do that, that's your job. She's a child. Lose your job that's it," said Portieles.

We were able to reach the principal of Floresta Elementary Mrs. Harriet McGriff... She referred us to the School Board Spokesperson who gave us this statement.

"The teacher has been removed from the classroom. And the school board cannot comment other than that while the investigation is on going," said St. Lucie County School District Spokesperson Janice Karst. The teacher will stay out of the classroom until the investigation is complete. The school board did not say how long they expect that to take.We will keep you posted.