Lawsuit: teacher makes girl unclog toilet

[Rose Siding]

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - After a girl got sick in the bathroom of her kindergarten class, the teacher made her don rubber gloves and manually remove a clog from the toilet, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl's mother.

Lori Januska sued Bonita Springs Charter School this week after she said her 5-year-old daughter, Heather, clogged the toilet Sept. 22 and her teacher made her remove the clog as the entire class watched.

The suit said "a vulnerable 5-year-old was subjected to cruel, unusual and traumatic disciplinary actions which directly resulted in severe emotional distress, pain and suffering and mental distress." The girl suffers from an incurable gastrointestinal condition.

The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, claims the school staff was negligent in hiring an unqualified teacher.

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/nation/11347546.htm

[ixion]

1. so, who wants to be this teacher is a fundie conservative?

seems pretty SOP for them. :-(

[RPM]

2. oh christ - another story out of florida...

right up there with the burying the girl alive story.

seriously, what is up with Florida?

[HockeyMom]

5. You beat me to it

Is it something in the water in Florida making them all go crazy?

[LiberalFighter]

6. Yes... Jebbie has been polluting the water

[JNelson6563]

3. The little girl needed to go home to bed

not get latrine duty. I wonder why people who hate kids go into teaching.

Julie

[0007]

7. I'm surprised they didn't use a taser gun on the little girl.

Where was the school janitor? This is outrageous.

[tallahasseedem]

4. This is disgusting....

If someone did this to my little girl they would be cleaning that toilet with their head. That teacher should be fired immediately.

[rodeodance]

8. "Charter Schools USA"--seems like the teacher worked for this company

...School principal Pamela Franco and school district attorney Keith Martin declined comment on the suit.

Mark Levinsen, senior vice president of administration and human resources for Charter Schools USA, investigated the original complaint and said the teacher was disciplined......

[rodeodance]

9. actually I ooked it up and this school is a Charter School--suspose

to be one of the 'good' schools.

http://www.charterschoolsusa.com/

[mbperrin]

14. I'm a public school teacher, and I say:

This woman should not be in contact with children of any age!

Perhaps Gannon can help her get up a Frau Helga Discipline site, yes?

[drdtroit]

13. No, they would become the toilet! n/t

[frictionlessO]

10. Thats out and out abusive behavior in my book.

I am completely infuriated!! WTF is wrong with these people?!?

[lasttrip]

11. i complain about the cost of living, taxes, etc.

but all these stories reinforce my decision to stay in NY and the northeast in general as long as i can make it. "disciplined"? the teacher should be let go or reassigned to a lessor position.

:grr:

[Parche]

12. cruel

This sad story makes me want to hurl...............