Teacher and aide accused of duct taping autistic boy to chair

[proud2BlibKansan]

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She's accused of duct taping a 17-year-old autistic boy to a chair in her classroom last year and forcing a 17-year-old blind girl to stay under her desk, both apparently as punishment.

Her classroom paraprofessional, Nancy Creek, 49, was also arrested for allegedly participating in the boy's duct taping.

Cherokee County's Sheriff says they began investigating the case one week ago after another special education teacher and parapro team at Woodstock High reported the incidents.

The second pair of apparently came forward after learning that the same students were about to be reassigned to Peavy's classroom.

Sheriff Roger Garrison said the second pair were bound by law to have reported the alleged abuses when they happened last year, but he said they will not face criminal charges since they are needed to testify against Peavy and Cheek.

However, Cherokee County School system spokesman Mike McGowan said the second pair of teachers could still face possible disciplinary action for not coming forward sooner.

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[Taverner]

1. Whiskey Tango Fuck-whaaa?

Wrong - just fucking wrong

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. What really gets me is another teacher knew she did this LAST YEAR and didn't say anything

IMO, if this is true, both the teacher who did it and the one who failed to report it need to lose their jobs.

[Mythsaje]

2. WTF?

What's wrong with these people? How can anyone possibly think this is right?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. It's not but years ago, this was very common

When I got out of college in the 70s, I subbed for a couple years. One of the rooms I subbed in a lot was a BD class. The teacher was having a problem pregnancy and was out a lot and eventually I took over the class for about 3 weeks. Every morning when this one kid came to class, the para used a belt to restrain him in his chair.

Blew me away. I even asked the principal about it and he said the parents approved and it was the only way to keep this kid from continually disrupting the class. I said well I am just a sub, but I can't do this to a kid. Principal said fine, the para will take care of it then. And she did.

I eventually got my masters in sped and found out this was indeed quite common at one time to restrain kids in sped classes. But it certainly isn't done anymore (well, except in this school in GA).