DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. – A Maryland middle school English teacher was put on administrative leave and banned from public properties in Dorchester and Wicomico counties over a fictional novel he penned about a futuristic school shooting.

The Wicomico County State’s Attorney Office recently contacted officials at Dorchester County schools about an ongoing investigation concerning two books published by Mace’s Lane Middle School language arts teacher Patrick McLaw, RT.com reports.

McLaw published the books under the pseudonym “Dr. K.S. Voltaer.”

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The description of “The Insurrectionist,” as posted on Amazon.com:

On 18 March 2902, a massacre transpired on the campus of Ocean Park High School, claiming the lives of nine hundred forty-seven individuals – the largest school massacre in the nation’s history. And the entire country now begins to ask two daunting questions: How? and Why? After the federal government becomes involved, and after examining the bouquet of black roses that lies in front of the school’s sign, it becomes evident that the hysteria is far from over.

On Monday, Dorchester County superintendent Henry Wagner issued a statement informing the community that McLaw was placed on administrative leave “due to significant matters of concern brought forth by law enforcement,” according to the news site.

“While on administrative leave, he is not allowed to come onto school property or participate in school events,” Wagner wrote. “Mr. McLaw’s teaching duties have been assigned to qualified personnel to insure the smooth transition of students into the fall semester.”

District officials also stationed a police officer at the middle school.

Dorchester Sheriff James Phillips told the news site McLaw is also banned from county properties in Dorchester and Wicomico counties, as well as from Delmar School District campuses where he worked before coming to Dorchester.

It’s unclear whether McLaw continues to receive his salary during the investigation.

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Authorities are not divulging exactly what elements of McLaw’s fictional novel they’re concerned about. They also didn’t bother to mention that the characters in “The Insurrectionist” work to bring down the fictional school assassin in hopes of preventing further violence.

Regardless, it seems that as a teacher, McLaw is quite good at what he does.

“According to one news article from this past April, McLaw was recently nominated for Dorchester County’s ‘Teacher of the Year’ award but lost. And according to an archived story from USA Today, the grade school teacher previously made national headlines when he helped a 14-year-old student self-publish his own e-books on Amazon.com,” RT.com reports.

McLaw earned the national recognition last year, his first in the classroom. He started work in Maryland schools in 2008 as an administrative assistant while pursuing his teaching certification. He graduated from Salisbury University and started his career in 2013, according to the news site.

McLaw apparently accomplished all this while writing a second novel, “Lilith’s Heir,” a sequel to “The Insurrectionist.”

Considering  the teacher’s dogged determination to pursue a teaching career and his capacity to help his students, the police investigation and district reaction to his anonymous novels seems a little over the top, to say the least.

It may simply be the latest over-reaction by school officials to anything that smells like school violence. The incident also illustrates the wildly inconsistent approach to teachers’ transgressions in public schools.

In Newark, California, school administrators recently issued only written reprimand to high school teacher Krista Hodges for making direct threats against students through her public Twitter account.

The Tweets, “which are laced with profanity and racist remarks,” detail the teacher’s urges to stab her students, who she contends make her “trigger finger itchy,” the San Jose Mercury News reports.

Hodges also professed her desire to dump coffee over her students’ heads, and her hope that two particular students “get hit by a car,” according to the news site.