Dallas County schools officials say a teacher accused of having sixth grade students re-enact the shooting of an unarmed Missouri man has been put on paid administrative leave.
County schools superintendent Don Willingham told the Selma Times-Journal Wednesday that he's conducted interviews with the teacher, a parent who criticized the lesson in a Facebook post, and the principal of Brantley Elementary School.
Willingham says the district is investigating and has not released the teacher's identity.
Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri Aug. 9 and the incident led to a series of protests and a federal investigation into the death of the 18-year-old man.
Willingham says he expects the district's investigation to be done by Thursday.