Two boys attending Sequoyah Middle School in Auburn were booked into the Youth Center on Monday after they allegedly spiked their teacher’s coffee with ipecac, a vomit-inducing substance.

The teacher, a 39-year-old Auburn woman, was treated and released from a local hospital. She reportedly is doing fine.

Two boys, ages 13 and 14, allegedly poured the syrup-type substance into their teacher’s coffee mug during first-period class. Shortly after drinking some of the coffee the teacher felt ill and asked another teacher to take over her class.

The boys told other students, and the incident eventually made its way to school security officers. The boys were detained and the Sheriff’s Office was called. They were expected to make their first court appearance today at the King County Juvenile Detention Center.

The two boys were expelled from the school, said Deb Stenberg, a spokeswoman for the Federal Way School District.

Sequoyah is located in unincorporated King County at 3425 S. 360th St. It is in the Federal Way School District.

Introducing a noxious substance with the intent to commit bodily harm falls under the Assault 2nd statute, a Class B felony. Syrup of ipecac is an emetic (an agent used to cause vomiting) made from the dried root of a plant called ipecacuanha, which is grown in Brazil.