Texas: Police Investigating Teachers Giving “Sleepy Stickers” to Very Young Children
October 9th, 2024Via: KHOU:
Parents of preschool students at a Spring ISD elementary school said teachers have been giving their children sleeping aides.
They said their children told them they were given “sleepy stickers” that would make them fall asleep.
An email from Northgate Crossing Elementary School’s principal on Tuesday said two staff members were put on leave after allegedly providing sleeping supplements to students.
The email also said the Spring ISD Police Department is also investigating.
“The sticker makes me fall asleep,” 4-year-old Layne Luviano said.
Layne broke the case open in September when she snuck one of the stickers home. Lisa Luviano, Layne’s mother, said the sticker was suspicious and she immediately started doing some research online. She quickly found the sleeping patches being sold on Amazon. The patches are for adults and contain melatonin and other ingredients.
Lisa said she took what she found to the school but said other parents were never notified, even after she told administrators that Layne said other students were getting the stickers, too. That’s when Lisa took matters into her own hands and started contacting other parents, advising them to speak with their children.
