[SmithL]

"a severe lapse in judgment," similar to the decision to put her back in the classroom.

[OXENinFLA]

"relieve herself in a bucket"

Ohhhhhhhhhhh RELIEVE herself, I read that quick and thought it said REVEAL, like undress.

That makes much more sense. Not that there's anything OK with what this teacher did I just couldn't figure out how she'd reveal her self "in a bucket"

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"a severe lapse in judgment," similar to the decision to put her back in the classroom.

My thoughts exactly!

[SF Republican]

Those posting how disgusting this is, how many had/have kids age 2-4?

[theFIRMbss]

>Teacher forces preschooler to relieve herself in front of other students

[TChris]

Thank goodness for the NEA! Otherwise, our children would miss out on the opportunity to experience uplifting and educational assignments such as this. </heavy sarcasm>

[workerbee]

This chick would rue the day she was born if she'd done this to my child.

[Fruitbat]

The student is in another classroom.

Boy howdy, I'll bet that sure spared her years of ridicule at the hands of the same kids she'll see for years!

[Fruitbat]

Honestly, a fit punishment would be to have the teacher urinate on stage in the auditorium in front of an SRO crowd of children and their parents!

And people wonder why more and more people are making other provisions for their kids' education.

[JZelle]

A written reprimand!! Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark.

[WKUHilltopper]

The only severe lapse in judgment is keeping this lunatic on payroll.

[GretchenM]

I always hated it when our teachers ordered us to drop drawers in front of the class and go in a bucket.
/sarcasm

What kind of idiocy has gripped these people? This is NOT an appropriate "punishment," no matter what the child did.

[GretchenM]

OOPS tho't the school was saying the teacher gave the CHILD the strongest punishment at the time.

[WKUHilltopper]

"DCS also investigated and found no evidence of abuse."

This such government BS. You're telling me humilation isn't abusive? If this happened at a private school, the national guard with Abrams tanks would be there shutting them down.

[smiley]

teacher should have been thrown in jail...there is no excuse for this adult to make an example of this child in front of her peers....I shudder to think the psychological effect this will have on the kid in the future....what in the #&#&#&$$^ is wrong with these damn teachers?

[Clemenza]

This is perverted.

[Clemenza]

This is perverted.

[tunneldiver]

Here is a newspaper article on this incident
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=3176646

[gathersnomoss]

"Knight later admitted to the accusations, called it "a severe lapse in judgment," and got a strong written reprimand. School officials say that was the strongest punishment allowed at the time. "

So where are the Abu Ghraib whiners? Anyway, I think the reprimand was a bit too harsh. The teacher should sue for millions.

Another Democrat voter that is being profiled for no apparent reason at all. The Teachers Union and the ACLU will be on the case in no time flat. It is great to see the mistreated liberals are using Sandy Burglars line of...."lapse of judgment". It will become as standard as "I did not have sex with that woman". And we see where that has led us with 1 out of 4 middle schoolers giving knurling's at will.

[Gunrunner2]

If a parent had made a child relieve herself in a bucker while in front of other children the parent would have family social services on them in a heartbeat and take the child as well.

What is going on with that school?

[television is just wrong]

She should have been stripped of her credentials and sent to the unemployment with a note saying this woman cannot ever work with minor children ever again. Find a new line of work.

If a parent would have done this, they would be in jail and their children taken into protective custody.


Teachers apparently are exempt of the same punishment.