Mountain View Elementary Teacher Charged
Sara Katherine Johnson was arrested this week for misdemeanor simple battery involving a student.
Mountain View Elementary School teacher Sara Katherine Johnson has been charged with simple battery of a student.
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A Mountain View Elementary School special education teacher charged with battery against a student is being recommended for termination.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitutiton, Mountain View principal Renee Garris is seeking the dismissal of Sarah Katherine Johnson, who has been placed on administrative leave.
Johnson turned herself in on Monday, was charged with one count of simple battery, a misdemenaor, and released on a $500 bond.
She is accused of grabbing a male student by the arms out of his chair and dropping him on the floor in an incident that allegedly took place last Thursday.
Steve Harrington
2:08 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Parents don't discipline, teachers are handcuffed, and the classromm is disrupted for those who need to learn. Tsk, tsk, tsk! Let the teacher keep teaching!!!! Discipline in her classroom is likely to improve and lead to an improvement in learning. Removing her teaches the children that the system rewards bad behavior. WRONG lesson, for sure.
Sharon Childs
3:37 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
You are an idiot!!!! She is a special needs teacher & you actually think she should still be allowed to teach???? This is child has autism & doesn't even understand the whole situation. You still want to talk about rewarding the child for bad behavior....Your a A$$!!!!!
Marshall Law
2:44 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Steve sounds like a classic abuser. Hope my kids dont attend his class. tsk, tsk...
Steve Everett
4:19 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
I don't know how anyone has the patience and dedication to teach special ed!
Jennifer Schwenker
9:54 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
These are INNOCENT little children who have autism. She has no business working with children. I don't know how anyone has the patience and dedication to deal with YOU, Steve Everett or Steve Harrington.
Jennifer Schwenker
9:53 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
P.S. the incidence of autism in GA in 1 in 84 children.
rachel goldschein
8:27 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Steve, you ate ignorant! Ladies-do we know she was a special ed teacher? More details? How was this discovered? Is this a segregated class?
Heywood Jablome
8:51 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Oh the irony of someone misspelling words when calling someone else ignorant. Kettle...meet Rachel.
MD
11:17 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Ummm...the first sentence says she's a special ed teacher. If she doesn't have the patience, that's no place for her.
MariettaGator
6:03 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
I have to side with the teacher based on the limited facts presented. I've worked with autistic children dating back to 1971. They are extremely prone to self injury such as head banging and throwing themselves on the floor. I suggest that those critical audit one of these special ed classes to see exactly what the teachers have to deal with. I've seen many a parent "stand a kid up" only to have him "collapse" onto the floor, and much worse.
S. Baltimore
10:11 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
I have been fortunate to have good special ed. teacher's work with my son. The problems I had was trying to get a one on one para for him. This not only helps the teacher, but protects the students from injury. The problems I had in the past were administrators who didn't have a clue about autism.
Sharon Childs
3:40 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Paras reported her.....She has no right being an autism teacher!
S. Baltimore
9:58 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
All classrooms should have cameras in them. I have an autistic son. When he was in elementary school, he started exhibiting aggressive behavior only in school. Since he could not tell me what happening in school, I had to listen to the staff. Therefore, he was repeatedly suspended and labeled a behavioral problem.
Sharon Childs
3:41 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
I agree! I think at least special ed classes need them.
Charles River
9:17 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Special Needs children do not equate to bad parenting or a discipline issue. I noticed and complained about my child from the day he was born and got ZERO help, although upon entering school, it was suddenly so easy to STILL give no help and label him a problem, keeping him from recess daily....a child with abundant energy should be made to run laps, not sit out. This is not rocket science folks!
The allowed bullying and emotional abuse AND telling me what a bad parent i was, was too much I now homeschool and I shield my child from negative people who wish him nothing but harm. He is flourishing at home. Our society should be ashamed of itself. This is despicable.