Ms. Wzorek was suspended without pay from her job Tuesday, Dr. Rosetti said, and will be fired if found guilty. She turned herself in earlier in the day at the Lackawanna County Courthouse and was arraigned before District Justice George E. Clark Jr. Arrest papers allege that Ms. Wzorek, a 29-year teaching veteran, stomped on the students' insteps to get their attention, pulled hair, gave a 6-year-old a backhand slap - catching her ring on the girl's lip, bloodying it - and pinched and squeezed kids.
She is also accused of improperly restraining students with duct tape and bungee cords in a specially built chair. The chair, according to arrest papers, was to be used only to help students with spasms or other physical needs - and was not to be used for punishment or to deal with hard-to-control students. The affidavit says Pennsylvania law allows use of the chair only in very limited circumstances, and with the knowledge of the parent and school officials. None of those people knew of the chair's use in this case, the affidavit alleges.
The NEIU investigated Ms. Wzorek after a parent complained to Dr. Rosetti in August 2003 that her son, then 10 years old, suffered a broken arm, hair loss and other injuries while a student of Ms. Wzorek's, according to court papers. Ms. Wzorek was removed from Clarks Summit, Dr. Rosetti said, but continued working with kids - teaching a learning support class at West Scranton High School. Meanwhile, Dr. Rosetti said, supervisors kept an eye on Ms. Wzorek in her new assignment while questioning people who might know about the alleged mistreatment.
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