Global Courant 2023-05-10 17:31:33
Four staff at a suburban Indianapolis school have been fired or have resigned after a 7-year-old special education student was ordered to eat his own vomit.
The board of the Brownsburg Community School Corp. approved the actions Monday night for Brown Elementary School staff.
They are among five staff members the Hendricks County prosecutor’s office charged with neglect or failure to report neglect following the February incident. The fifth, a behavior technician, works for an outside agency and cannot be disciplined by the school district.
INDIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WORKERS CHARGED AFTER SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT SUPPOSED TO EAT HIS OWN VOMIT
A sixth staffer who is not being charged, but who the school district said did not report the incident, also submitted a letter of resignation. That letter was not received in time to be considered at Monday’s meeting and will be discussed at a board meeting in June.
Four teachers at an Indianapolis school have been fired after telling a child with special needs to eat his vomit.
A teacher and a teaching assistant at the school were charged with neglect. Both she and a second teacher, a second assistant and the behavior technician were accused of failing to report the incident.
INDIANA SCHOOL STAFF CHARGED AFTER SPECIAL STUDENT, 7, TOLD TO EAT OWN VOTE
The teacher accused of neglect told the student over lunch that if he vomited, he would have to eat what he vomited, Brownsburg police said. The child vomited on a tray provided by the second teacher, and the assistant accused of neglect then gave the child a spoon, police said.
The boy ate some of the vomit and then used paper towels to clean up what was left, police said.
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The Brownsburg Community School Corp. said it learned of the incident on April 12 and removed the five staff charged with contacting students.
Superintendent Jim Snapp said in a statement at the time: “We are deeply saddened by the actions of these staff members and will work with our local law enforcement officers as they proceed with possible criminal charges.”