Teacher Disciplined for Tying Child to Desk
An elementary school teacher who twice tied a first-grader to her desk with string has been disciplined, and the girl has been transferred to another school.
Fairdale Elementary School Principal Larry Harrison refused to provide details of the “appropriate action” taken against the teacher, Ophelia Watts, citing privacy restrictions on personnel matters.
The teacher and the student acknowledged that the string was loosely placed around the student on one occasion to demonstrate the limits of her personal space. How tightly the string was tied the other time is in dispute.
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