One teacher in Orange County (FL) is fed up with the refusal of her school district to remove a disruptive student from her class, so she's suing the district for the humiliation and distress that this student has caused. The St. Petersburg Times calls it the case of the "Kindergarten Terrorist":
Cheri Dean is a schoolteacher who's had enough. She is suing the Orange County School Board for "negligently" failing to remove an unruly student from her kindergarten class at Lockhart Elementary. Such removal was required under Florida Statute Section 232.271, she alleges...Dean, who had been teaching in Orange County for 18 years, seeks damages of at least $15,000.
She also described 65 episodes of disruptive or violent behavior from the student in question, including striking a teacher (several incidents), stabbing another child with a fork, and spitting in Ms. Dean's face. What's more, she alleges that her complaints brought only a "retaliatory" transfer to another school - for her, not the violent kid.
Posted by kswygert at June 13, 2003 10:27 AM