LAKE MARY, Fla.,None — A Lake Mary High School teacher was placed on administrative leave with pay for a non-school related domestic abuse case.
Rebecca Chase was arrested by Sanford police. Police said she pointed a .44 caliber handgun at her boyfriend, while her child was nearby.
"If she is that unstable, she doesn't need to be teaching any student," said Karen Dannel, a Lake Mary parent.
43-year-old Chase taught special education classes at Lake Mary High School.
"They can change in an instance," said Roxanne Smith, a Lake Mary High School parent. "And a lot of the E.S.C. students have behavioral problems. So that would be a concern of mine."
Chase's live-in boyfriend called the police when he came home after a heated argument.
The police report says Chase's boyfriend was scared, but told police he didn't think she was going to shoot him.
Chase was booked and released from the Seminole County jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill.
Seminole County Schools Superintendent Bill Vogel told Eyewitness News he could not comment on the case because it was still under investigation.
The State Attorney's Office will decide whether to prosecute Chase following the Sanford Police Department's investigation.