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A Duval
County middle school
teacher got suspended ten days without pay after she was accused of duct taping
a student to his desk.
On Tuesday the Duval County School Board took the decision
to suspend Kasey Goodin for ten days after the alleged incident.
This decision came after the board heard the teacher’s
version on the incident which occurred at the Kirby-Smith Middle School.
Goodin said that the incident was a joke, but the board
didn’t saw it like that.
School board chair Betty Burney said: “It's just not funny
for a child to be taped, whether it's in jest or it's a disciplinary measure,”
Local6.com reports.
Goodin described in written the accident saying: "There
was a light-hearted mood in the class as I walked to the supply closet and
removed a roll of purple duct tape and a roll of masking tape … The class was
laughing. I was laughing. The student was laughing."
Apparently the teacher took the duct tape and tapped the
student from his legs to the desk after using the masking tape to tape his hands
and his face.
The statement written by the teacher said: "The masking
tape was applied to the student's hands. The student immediately removed it,
laughing throughout the incident. Within the next few minutes, the 'play' was
over, the tape was removed,"
In the end she wrote: “This incident, was in reality, an
opportunity to have fun with the students while getting a message to them.
Looking back, I know that it was inappropriate for me to break the lines of
formality.”
The student who was involved in the incident was taken out
of Goodin’s classroom.
Duval County Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals explained why
they didn’t use more severe measures like dismissal. "The reason why we
didn't go for something as severe as dismissal, it did appear at least it
started out as something more lighthearted," he said.
“I understand that it was a young teacher. I just felt that
we needed to send a stronger message," he added.
Burney was the one who voted against the teacher’s
suspension.
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