Principal and Teacher Help Co-Worker Give Birth in School Bathroom: 'It All Happened Very Fast'

Mar. 15, 2025

Principal Amy Simmons and Cunningham Elementary’s makeshift delivery room.Photo:Wichita Falls ISD Community Relations Dept.

Wichita Falls ISD Community Relations Dept.

A Texas elementary school bathroom recently became a makeshift delivery room when a staff member suddenly went into labor during the school day.

Simmons was about to tell the staffer to go home early when she received a call from Lockstedt, who told her, “My water just broke.”

Quickly, L.I.F.E. teacher Ashley Strain got the attention of school nurses, who helped Lockstedt get in a wheelchair.

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After the birth, things at Cunningham Elementary quickly went back to normal. Strain taught her classes that day, and Simmons held a staff meeting that afternoon, where the special delivery was discussed.

source: people.com