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JD59 · 08-25-2009, 10:39 PM

WPXI-TV: According to court documents filed by Pittsburgh Public School District attorneys, the teacher was fired on Aug. 27, 2008, because her "...conduct was wholly unauthorized and was beyond the scope of her employment with the school district and was the direct cause of her dismissal." The boy's family is asking for $125,000 for the assault and emotional distress suffered, but they are also looking to press criminal charges.

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1984vt · 08-30-2009, 07:12 PM

She should have legal charges brought against her and confined to prison. What a horrible person.

I usually try to understand someone that flips out and see if I can identify with the feelings that would provoke an illegal or seemingly extreme action; in this case I see nothing and cannot feel one bit of empathy for that teacher. She signed up to work with special needs children. This poor child.