Crossville, TN (WOKI) A high school teacher in Crossville is arrested Thursday after threatening a student in a classroom.

According to an affidavit from Cumberland County’s circuit court, Stone Memorial High School teacher, 56-year-old James Green, threatened the student with a knife after becoming upset with him for not following directions. The document indicates Green “retrieved the knife that he used to prepare his lunch from his desk area and made a threat toward the student.”

Green was arrested, charged with reckless endangerment and booked on a $40,000 bond.

He was also suspended from work and banned by school officials from entering all school system properties.