School administrator accused of taping student’s mouth

[Honey]

From warnings all the way to expulsion, school teachers and administrators have many tools at their disposal when it comes to disciplining unruly students. But as an employee at Palmer Elementary School in Denver has learned, none of these acceptable means of discipline involve duct tape.
On Monday, 6-year-old Joshua was sent to the Principal’s office after becoming disruptive in his first-grade classroom. While waiting for Principal Elizabeth Trujillo to return from lunch, the boy managed to get on the bad side of her secretary, 45-year-old Jennifer Carter. According to police, Carter used duct tape to bind the boy’s wrists and cover his mouth.
When Principal Trujillo returned to her office and found Joshua bound and gagged, she ordered the tape removed and apologized to boy. It isn’t clear who alerted the police to the incident, but the principal did send a note home to parents promising to cooperate with the Denver police in their investigation. According to Ashely Tenner, Joshua’s mother, Principal Trujillo is acting as a witness in the case.
Carter was arrested on charges of misdemeanor child abuse and false imprisonment and Denver Public Schools issued a statement promising to take quick action to have her terminated. But regardless of what happens to this poor excuse for a school employee, Joshua’s mother says they are moving on. Her son has not returned to Palmer Elementary and will be enrolled in a new school.

School Administrator Accused of Taping Student’s Mouth | Strollerderby

[buttmunch]

Yeah, that lady might want to find a job that doesn't involve interacting with kids.

[Grimmlok]

now that's my kind of teaching!

[MontanaMama]

Who woulda thunk, Grim approves of duct taping kids to chairs.

That kid must have been out of control. But yea, she might want to polish up her resume.

[MrsDark]

I have to comment, cause yes, you guessed it....a kid in my 3rd grade class got his mouth taped shut (after ignoring a warning). But the teacher used masking tape, not duct tape. He just giggled his ass off even more, muffled by the tape, which just made for an extra fun show for the rest of us compared to his usual antics.

The ultimate babysitter:

[Mivvi21]

My 8th grade art teacher once taped a disruptive student's hands to his desk because he wouldn't stop beating and tapping on his desk as if he were playing a drum solo at a sold out concert. He had been doing it for days,and had been told many times to stop,and wouldn't so she just got tired of it and snapped on him. It was hilarious.

[MoodyJenny86]

Okay...working with children I know how annoying and disruptive and out of control they can sometimes be...but tying them up and taping their mouths shut?! Holy fuck, why on God's green earth was this woman in this line of career if she can't handle one bratty kid???

In middle school one of my teachers suddenly stopped talking, calmly walked to his desk, whipped out some duct tape, calmly ripped off a piece and walked over to the class loud-mouth and taped his mouth shut but it was all in good fun- he barely stuck the tape on and everyone, including the boy, had a good laugh and then we moved on with the lesson.

[Sweetie]

I wonder what PB would do. hehe

[WhoAmI]

Well, she was a secretary, not a teacher or administrator. Maybe she's a child-hater who took the job out of desperation and snapped when the little fuckers finally drove her around the bend.

[greysfang]

Whats not reported in this story is that the little boy is a severe asthmatic. He didn't get sick during this episode, but still.

Anyway, the teacher was fired and arrested yesterday, I just don't know why it took the school and the authorities so long to react...like until the local news picked up the story. This all happened a week and a half ago. Assholes.

[WhoAmI]

It wasn't the teacher who taped the kid, it was the secretary.

[greysfang]

Yes, true the secretary. I misspoke/