And in other news, taping kids to chairs is now part of punishment in school...

This is just disturbing.

It is unclear whether Zeisler's actions were meant as a joke that went awry. One of the girls, fifth-grader Jennifer Vasquez, said the teacher said he was ''just joking around'' and that other students were laughing as he applied the tape.

''Maybe for him it was a joke, but to me it wasn't,'' Vasquez said.

Ana Rivas, 12, said she and Vasquez were helping another student on a computer program when Zeisler allegedly told them that he was going to glue them to their seats. He then approached them with tape.

''He said, `Ana, sit down. Stay still.' He forced me,'' Rivas said. ''He was holding me. And I was trying to get out of it. Some of the kids were laughing. Then he taped me. First legs. Then arms.'' She said he wrapped the tape around her several times, making it hard for her to move.

I would so be hunting this teacher down if it were my kid.