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A teacher at Medgar Evers School on the south side has been moved to an administrative position during an investigation into an allegation that she used masking tape on a special education student to restrain him in a chair when he wouldn't settle down. The kid managed to wriggle free after a few minutes, and he and two other students narced and called the cops and DCFS. The communications director for Chicago Public Schools, Michael Vaughn, indicated that the investigation was a formality and her ass is being kicked to the curb:
"At this point it is unclear why she did something like this but after talking to the teacher involved and the principal, it’s clear that the incident did in fact take place."There is no justification for such an action against a student by a teacher,” Vaughn said.
The teacher just received her credentials last June, and had only been teaching at the school for a week. Obviously -- a seasoned teacher would know you have to use duct tape. Or a jump rope. They need to develop more coping mechanisms in these teaching programs!
By the way, the Chicago Defender wanted to make sure to point out that the teacher was white and the student was black.
Photo from the Medgar Evers School website
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I am sure the Defender thought that that was a relevant point to make for one reason or another...
taping a kid to a chair for a few minutes doesn't really seem like that big a deal
the chicago defender has apparently decided to start creating news themselves by implying this was racially motivated when there seems to be no evidence of such
Hopefully the whole story will come out. Like it was scotch tape that the teacher used and saying the child was taped to the chair is an overstatement.But there will be no retraction from the defender. It was not appropriate but it did not raise to the level of the defenders accusations.
"By the way, the Chicago Defender wanted to make sure to point out that the teacher was white and the student was black."
Yeah, we all know how prevalent white-on-black crime is. Look at Kirkwood and Tinley Park (and life).
Hey Navin, I guess this is the answer to your question when you asked what Frankiec meant when he commented on the released Tinley park suspects
sketch drawing with "Big surprise".
Excellent! I think Chicagoist needs a skink head too provide real leadership to the few wanna bes out there
p.s The Defender is called by progressive elements in the Black Community, "The Offender"
Its very sad when you think that this paper use to be such a progressive beacon of light.
If the teacher is guilty, I'm glade the Defender caught it. But the bigger tradegy is that their total silnce about what Daley is doing to the schools