No comment from Darnell-Cookman teacher who’s charged with child abuse

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Before her arrest, Caroline Lee, 60, was selected arsenic school’s ‘Teacher of the Year’

A Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Art’s teacher who was arrested and charged with kid maltreatment told News4Jax connected Monday that she was not commenting connected her lawsuit astatine the moment. Caroline Lee, 60, has since bonded retired of the Duval County jail. She had precocious been selected arsenic Darnell-Cookman’s “Teacher of the Year.”

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Art’s teacher who was arrested and charged with kid maltreatment told News4Jax connected Monday that she was not commenting connected her lawsuit astatine the moment.

Caroline Lee, 60, has since bonded retired of the Duval County jail. She had precocious been selected arsenic Darnell-Cookman’s “Teacher of the Year.”

According to a constabulary report, a pupil told an officer that she was struck by Lee. Over the weekend, a justice ordered the long-time educator not to instrumentality to her schoolhouse oregon person interaction with the pupil who made the allegation.

News4Jax has requested Lee’s unit record from Duval County Public Schools. All indications are that this was the archetypal clip the English teacher has been disciplined by DCPS. In a statement, the schoolhouse said she was instantly removed from the schoolroom and would not return, pending judicial and interior procedures.

A petition for remark Monday from Lee’s lawyer was not returned by work of this article.

According to a constabulary report, 2 days aft DCPS posted connected its Instagram leafage astir Lee being selected arsenic Darnell-Cookman’s teacher of the year, a pupil commented connected the post, writing: “Is that the aforesaid teacher who utilized the N-word successful people past year?” It notes that the station showed a effect from Lee, wherever she explained the usage of the connection was successful the discourse of the publication “Of Mice and Men.”

The pupil told an officer, the study states, that Lee confronted her, walking the pupil backmost to her classroom.

The pupil past said, according to the report, that she was asked by Lee to beryllium down, and she sat down astatine a desk. The study states Lee asked the pupil wherefore she threatened her, to which the pupil replied that she didn’t endanger her.

That’s when, the study reads, the pupil told police: Lee “reached crossed the array and struck her connected her look with the bottommost of her palm.” The pupil “stated she grabbed her chemoreceptor due to the fact that it started bleeding aft she was struck.” The pupil “stated Lee past began repeatedly calling her a ‘f****** b****’ arsenic she landed respective much strikes connected the apical of head.” The pupil “stated she began trying to clasp some of Lee’s arms to support from being struck and Lee kicked her connected her little leg.”

The pupil told constabulary Lee past opened the rear doorway and demanded she “get out,” and she walked to the guidance office.

According to the report, Lee denied doing immoderate carnal harm to the student.

Lee is owed backmost successful tribunal for a proceeding successful November.