LOVELAND, Colo. – A Colorado teacher is suing her former employer after an allegedly violent autistic student punched, kicked, slapped and spit on her, and her supervisors refused to intervene.
Thompson School District in Loveland fired special education teacher Carrie Giesler after a 13-year-old boy in her class broke her thumb and she reported the incident to police, who filed third-degree assault charges against the child, Fox 31 reports.
Giesler told the news station she was targeted by the autistic teen shortly after she started working with him in the 2014-15 school year, and reported repeated physical and verbal abuse to her superiors a dozen times in October, November and December 2014, as well as January, February and March 2015.
The student “walked up and open face, open handed slapped me, punched me in the ribs, kicked me in the back, spitting in my face,” Giesler said. “I was told that was my job and I was to get in there and take it.”
The child also drew pictures of weapons he wanted to use to kill his teacher, a threat he often repeated, Giesler said.
“The entire time with him going ‘Are you scared of me? Are you scared of me? You should be. I’m going to kill you, bitch,” Giesler said.
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I can't believe that no one has commented on this article! Do you realize that this same situation happens each day in our local school system?
ReplyDeleteYes it does and those students probably have IEP's in place for their "disability" AND get a fat government check every month.It's a scam not many talk about but its rampant.I know of a family with two kids that the parents claim are "slow" and neither parent has to work because their kids with "learning disabilities" bring in 2 grand a month from the government,not to mention all the other government benefits like food stamps,medicaid,housing,etc.Why work?School officials,doctors,and social services all go along with this charade because the school gets more Federal grant money for every "special" student!They can act out and fight because they "can't help it"Half the kids who are allegedly "slow" are impaired only because their parents discourage them from doing better in school.Think about it!What is going to happen when this generation reaches adulthood?
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