Baton Rouge: 8th Grader lit His Substitute Teacher’s Hijab On Fire

BATON ROUGE – An eighth-grade student in Baton Rouge was arrested and expelled after authorities said the 14-year-old lit a substitute teacher’s burqa on fire. The News 2 Investigative Unit started looking into the incident at Westdale Middle School, which happened on Oct. 4, because parents said they weren’t notified about it. According to the sheriff’s office, the School Drug Task Force was called to campus at 9:50 a.m. that day to investigate a student who lit his teacher’s clothing on fire. The East Baton Rouge Parish School System described the garment as a burqa, and the teacher told investigators she had just reprimanded the student for misbehaving when hit lit her on fire with a cigarette lighter. The substitute was treated at Westdale and is fine, according to the sheriff’s office.



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