BATON ROUGE – An employee is on paid administrative leave following an incident with a student at Bernard Terrace Elementary School.

According to East Baton Rouge Parish School System officials, the incident caused an injury to the mouth of a student. However further details about the incident have not been released at the time of this post.

The incident has also been reported to the Department of Children and Family Services and law enforcement officials.

More information will be added to this story as it becomes available.