OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Two San Diego educators “no longer work for” El Camino High School after officials learned they jokingly duct taped a student who was talking during a classroom movie.

Despite the decision by police not to charge the women, district officials worked to remove El Camino High School teacher Carolyn Tedder and aide Lani Mason after the two duct taped the special education student into silence during a class movie Feb. 16, San Diego 6 reports.

Oceanside Police told the news site the teacher repeatedly asked a chatty 14-year-old boy to pipe down during the movie, before joking that “maybe I should take your mouth shut,” Lt. Leonard Crosby said.

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The teacher and aide eventually followed through, with students joining in. The group put tape over the boy’s mouth, and bound his hands and feet.

“Somebody did tape the student’s mouth shut. His hands were taped. His feet were taped. But what we also found is that the student was participating in this as it was going on,” Crosby said. “It was more like a gag and a prank than anything else.”

Student in the class also took cell phone video of the incident, which was later used by school officials to pursue Mason’s termination. It’s unclear whether district officials fired the two educators or whether they voluntarily resigned.

“Restraining a student with duct tape can never just be a joke; it is a severe and potentially dangerous action by a staff member,” district human resources official Cheri Sanders wrote in a notice of intent to fire Mason, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

“(Mason’s) actions and words could be perceived as harassing and bullying,” Sanders wrote.

The instructional aide apologized for her action in a note to Sanders and assistant principal Kevin Thompson, the news site reports.

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“I will never forget what I did,” she wrote. “I think about it every day. It was very bad judgement. You can expect better from me; I have this as a lifelong lesson to learn from.”

Oceanside Police Sgt. Karen Ortega said the student “thought it was a running joke.”

“The video shows the student laughing, while his hand and feet are being duct-taped,” Crosby told 10 News. “We found nothing criminal.”

District officials notified child welfare services about the duct tape debacle, though officials with the agency wouldn’t discuss the case with the media.

School district officials also did not return messages for comment, 10 News reports.

The student who was taped didn’t immediately tell his parents about the episode, and his father didn’t learn of it until about six weeks later and wasn’t happy the school neglected to notify him.

The student, meanwhile, told the police he thought the incident was a joke, and wasn’t harmed by the tape.

“The student feels very badly” about the teacher and aide losing their jobs, Crosby said. “I would encourage him not to blame himself.”