GREEN BAY -- A now former Green Bay middle school teacher shared shocking allegations of dangerous conditions when she resigned from her job.
After teaching for more than a decade with the Green Bay School District, Kerstin Westcott held back tears as she resigned, according to WLUK.
"It is with great sadness that I inform you of my resignation from the Green Bay School District," she said during a June 5th school board meeting.
Watch Westcott's testimony at the June 5th meeting:
Before stepping down, Westcott taught sixth grade at Washington Middle School in Green Bay. She described the work environment as toxic.
"We are in danger every day that we show up to our school. Students and staff are physically, verbally, emotionally, and mentally, sexually abused every single day in the building," she told the board.
She explained that in one instance, an ambulance was called.
"Just a couple weeks ago, a teacher was taken away by an ambulance with a bleeding head wound, caused by a fight among three students," Westcott said.
WLUK reached out to Westcott, and she hasn't responded, but during the school board meeting, Westcott claimed several of the disturbances were not formally addressed, including a threat made by a student:
"Just last week, a student told multiple people at multiple times 'I'm going to shoot up the school,'" Westcott said.
The Green Bay Area Public School District declined an on-camera interview with WLUK. However, Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld released a statement in regards to Westcott's concerns:
Westcott received a Golden Apple award in 2014 for excellence in teaching and leadership.
"If they know I think they can, then they'll go for it, and they succeed every day," she said in her 2014 interview with WLUK.
But three years later, in deciding to leave the job she once loved, she said, "I fear for my safety, every day."
The Green Bay Area Public School District called a news conference Wednesday, June 28th to discuss allegations of unsafe conditions at Washington Middle School.