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Irregular News for 02.05.07
Columbus, GA -- An elementary school teacher in Fort Gaines has been suspended after putting tape over the mouth of a fourth-grade student who wouldn't quit talking.
Dorothy Griffin acknowledged she put tape over the 10-year-old's mouth Wednesday afternoon and said she is remorseful, said Clay County schools Superintendent Grady Miles, who is investigating the incident.
The girl's mother, Julia Roberson of Fort Gaines, said her daughter suffers from attention deficit hypertension disorder. Roberson says her daughter seemed upset when she picked her up Wednesday afternoon.
"I said, 'What's happened?' She said, 'Mrs. D. put tape over my mouth,' " Roberson said.
Roberson said her daughter also told her the teacher told other students to be quiet if they didn't want that to happen to them.
Griffin was trying to get students' attention and, while she was taping up a book at a desk beside the girl's desk, she took a strip of tape and put it over the girl's mouth, Miles said.
"She reportedly was telling the child to quit talking. She tore the tape off and politely put it around her mouth. She's a nice lady. She just made the wrong decision," he said.
Miles declined to say whether Griffin, who has been teaching at the school for about five years, was suspended with or without pay. He said he hopes to handle the incident without taking it to the Clay County School Board.
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Columbus, GA -- An elementary school teacher in Fort Gaines has been suspended after putting tape over the mouth of a fourth-grade student who wouldn't quit talking.
Dorothy Griffin acknowledged she put tape over the 10-year-old's mouth Wednesday afternoon and said she is remorseful, said Clay County schools Superintendent Grady Miles, who is investigating the incident.
The girl's mother, Julia Roberson of Fort Gaines, said her daughter suffers from attention deficit hypertension disorder. Roberson says her daughter seemed upset when she picked her up Wednesday afternoon.
"I said, 'What's happened?' She said, 'Mrs. D. put tape over my mouth,' " Roberson said.
Roberson said her daughter also told her the teacher told other students to be quiet if they didn't want that to happen to them.
Griffin was trying to get students' attention and, while she was taping up a book at a desk beside the girl's desk, she took a strip of tape and put it over the girl's mouth, Miles said.
"She reportedly was telling the child to quit talking. She tore the tape off and politely put it around her mouth. She's a nice lady. She just made the wrong decision," he said.
Miles declined to say whether Griffin, who has been teaching at the school for about five years, was suspended with or without pay. He said he hopes to handle the incident without taking it to the Clay County School Board.
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nope not gonna tell any attorney jokes.
