**November 12 5:30**

The Dorchester District 2 Board of Trustees has scheduled an emergency Executive Session on Thursday, November 12th at 5:30 p.m. They plan to discuss possible administrative leave or other courses of action for the 3 out 4 employees arrested in abuse investigation who still work in the district.

The charges says teaching assistant Heather Martin of Knightsville Elementary School mistreated several autistic students over an extended period of time. Among the accusations:

Pulling students off of chairs and the floor by their hair; throwing pencils and other items at students; smacking a student in the back of the head; and grabbing a students arm and genital area for sticking his hands in his pants. In all 9 counts of “unlawful neglect of child or helpless person.“

The teacher of the classroom Rebecca Crosby faces 3 of the same counts as well as 4 counts of failing to report abuse. Her arrest affidavits say she allowed Martin to mistreat students and threatened another teaching assistant with that person’s job if they reported what was happening.  
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