Indiana school teacher Terry Nelson recently handed in her resignation and retirement letter after backlash resulting from her exposing students to asbestos in the school.

Nelson was a journalism teacher and an advisor at the Central High School in Muncie, Indiana. During her time there she had two students conduct tests to determine the presence of loose asbestos on the school property so they could write a story about it. The asbestos was brought into the science classroom and therefore the students were exposed to the fiber without the proper safety precautions. This put the students at risk of developing asbestos-related diseases, including Mesothelioma cancer.

The school board and administrators thoroughly reprimanded Nelson and she believed that it was best for her to leave the school system. She was afraid she was going to get fired, and instead decided to leave on her own terms.