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What are they smoking at the New Britain Connecticut School District and why is Michelle Campbell still teaching?

Posted on October 12th, 2008 by admin

Michelle Campbell

I am all for innocent until proven guilty, but not at the expense of the safety of the children. Why is this teacher still in contact with students? I can understand keeping her on the payroll until the justice system does its job, but commonsense would dictate not allowing her to teach. We’ve all seen police officers get put on a “desk job” until things get sorted out so that a dangerous person doesn’t remain in a position of authority or endanger other citizens. I guess if you are in special education, you are on your own. Maybe she is/was a good teacher and snapped under the stress. That’s still no excuse and if so, she needs to find a new career. Some reports say that parents reported the incident, others that another teacher did. Lots of these kids cannot speak for themselves, so it is imperative that schools do everything they can to protect them. If there is any chance that this teacher “slapped” or abused a kid or kids with autism, she doesn’t need to be in the classroom. Period. One would think that being charged with 7 felonies would warrant keeping her away from the kids until the matter is settled.

NEW BRITAIN - — A special education teacher arrested Thursday on seven felony charges remains on the New Britain school district’s payroll and continues to teach, a school official said Friday.

Michelle Campbell, 36, of Rocky Hill, turned herself in Thursday after learning a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She posted $5,000 bail and was released. She is to be arraigned Oct. 23 on three counts of risk of injury to a minor and four counts of cruelty to persons.

The incident for which Campbell was arrested occurred last May at Chamberlain School, where Campbell taught a special education class with about 10 children who have autism, according to officials familiar with the investigation. The students were in kindergarten through second grade, police said. The children she is accused of abusing are boys age 5 to 7, police said.

Following an investigation by school officials and the state Department of Children and Families, Campbell returned to the classroom, said Jon Walek, New Britain’s director of pupil personnel services. Walek would not reveal what the investigation found, although he said the district took action and developed a “plan for return” to the classroom for Campbell.

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Campbell allegedly slapped a child and splashed water in another’s face.

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