RSSTeacher involved in feces fiasco reprimanded
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YAKIMA, Wash. — A West Valley kinder-garten teacher has been formally reprimanded for sending a bag of human feces home with a 5-year-old student in April.
Sue Graham, who teaches at Apple Valley Elementary School, was warned in a letter that similar behavior in the future will result in disciplinary action, including termination, Superintendent Peter Ansingh said Thursday.
The May letter was revealed Thursday in response to a public disclosure request from KIMA-TV. The district had previously stated that “appropriate action” was taken against the veteran teacher.
The boy’s father had said his son arrived home in April with a plastic bag of feces and a sticky note that read, “This little turd was found on the floor in my room.”
The student had spent part of the day in Graham’s class and part of the day in a special needs class.
The boy has since been removed from Graham’s classroom.
The boy’s father said he contacted local media after he called and e-mailed school and district officials but got no response about the incident.
She should get fired all together. I live in the area and sometimes a kid, at age 5, will have an accident. That teacher could've used another way to let the parents know what the child did instead of bagging it and sending it home with him. My 3rd grade teacher wouldn't let me go to the bathroom when I told her I had to go. She made me sit at my desk and poop all over the floor and my pants. Then, she made me sit in it and ride home on the bus like that. It was embarrassing and the kids made fun of me. That teacher back then didn't even get pulled into the admid. office and talked to. I had the flu at that time with diarhea. I couldn't help what had happened. I mean who has the flu and don't get a slight accident if you can't get to the toliet in time. Problem was...the teacher wouldn't allow me too. So, it's about time that teachers get help accountable for their actions as well.
Report ViolationCHB -
I don't think the teacher should be fired. The 5 year old boy did this on a regular basis, and laughed about it over and over again. The parents were WELL AWARE of what was going on, and they opted NOT to do anything about it. They're way of dealing with the problem was sending an extra change of clothes to school with the boy. So when he poops in his pants who has to change him? That's sick I wouldn't want the responsibility of cleaning up someone else's child when this is just a laughing matter to him or her.
And...when the kid has have an accident, the parents should be the ones to respond and clean it up, not the teacher.
Let review this we pay teacher to teach, not to clean. As parents we teach/train our children at an early age. If we see that they have an issue we address it. In some cases we work with the teacher to address the issue. We dont blame them for the issue!
Report ViolationThere are children with a mental health condition called Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Unfortunately for children with this condition telling them NOT to do something simple doesn't work because they don't have the concept of right or wrong or "that's dangerous" as "normal" children.
I have a six-year-old son with ODD and who will poop himself and thinks it's funny. His kindergarten teacher was aware of the problem and if he pooped himself at school the paraed would clean him and send his dirty clothes home MINUS the poop.
Yes, the teacher's job is to teach but when there is a child who obviously has a handicap of some sort she should have alerted the principal and parents of the constant pooping and recommend he be evaluated by his pediatrician for an underlying cause. If teachers can contact CPS for suspected abuse then they have the right to contact the parents and inform them of the child's behavior and that there are consequences for his actions unless there was a medical reason at which time the school then has to complete - under WA state law - an evaluation to see where he fits in the school.
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