Sacramento City school district officials have concluded the teacher involved in an incident in which a student says he was forced to urinate in a bottle during class did not act inappropriately.

The student, 14-year-old Michael Patterson says he had urinate into a empty Gatorade bottle in the corner of his classroom at C. M. Goethe Middle School last Tuesday when his teacher refused to let him leave to use the restroom.

Patterson also claims the teacher threatened to have him suspended if he left the classroom.

Upon investigation, the Sacramento City Unified School District "found that the teacher did not instruct, direct or encourage the student to do anything inappropriate. The teacher did not threaten the student with suspension or discipline."

The prepared statement added: "As a normal rule, in order to maximize instruction, students are not allowed to leave class during the first and last 10 minutes of the period. The passing period between classes is four minutes. At the beginning of class, the teacher was interrupted by a student’s request to use the restroom. The teacher told the student to wait until class settled down so that instruction could begin. Less than five minutes into the class period, the student urinated into a bottle and discarded it in a trash can. Shocked at the student’s actions, the teacher told the student to dispose of the bottle in the restroom and wash his hands.