BOISE, Idaho — A Boise parent is speaking out in support of a former teacher who is suing the Boise School District over mice in her classroom , saying her own children may have been put at risk as well.

Christy Lopez, who has had five children attend Boise schools, including a daughter currently enrolled at West Junior High, said she was alarmed to learn about the conditions inside Room 113, where several of her children had previously taken family and consumer sciences classes.

“Absolutely disgusted,” Lopez said. “It makes me sad because it's children that we're dealing with. Kids that aren't, you know, maybe even capable of standing up for themselves and coming forward and saying, ‘This is gross.’”

That classroom, Room 113, is the same one where former teacher Michelle Chung says s

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