Florida teacher suspended after filming
kindergartner beating other students
School officials hit Baci with a 15-day unpaid suspension at a
recent school board meeting, the
Florida Times-Union reported Thursday.
The 65-year-old classroom veteran was also reprimanded for using
her foot to push a student out of her class and leaving him
unattended in the hallway.
The newspaper said an investigation determined that Baci showed
poor judgment and used inappropriate physical contact in the
incident.
The videos Baci took showed one boy being hit “about his face
and body several times,” another student being kicked as he
tried to hide under a table and a third student being punched
and slapped.
She had taken the videos for evidence of the boy’s aggressive
behavior in her classroom at the John E. Ford Montessori School
in Jacksonville. She then showed it to an assistant principal
before a meeting with the child’s parents.
She also let other students see the videos, violating the
confidentiality of the students she had recorded.
The Times-Union said Baci could not be reached for comment.