Special Ed Teacher Accused Of Making Student Masturbate In Front Of Class

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!

http://elitedaily.com/news/special-ed-teacher-accused-abuse/1451941/

A Long Island, New York middle school is under investigation for allegedly covering up one teacher’s repeated physical and sexual abuse of special education students, The Huffington Post reports.

The accused, Lisa Weitzman, teaches special needs students in the Long Beach Public School system.

A lawsuit filed by Weitzman’s alleged victims claims the teacher made one student masturbate in front of the class, gave another a lap dance, and on several occasions, sent “severely disabled” students into time out in the bathroom for extended periods of time.

The suit also alleges Weitzman used physical abuse as discipline, stomping on pupils’ feet while wearing high heels and even binding students at the wrists and ankles with zip ties and duct tape to control them.

[grasswire]

1. monster nt

[Butterbean]

2. Crap like this gives me freaking nightmares.

I have an autistic kid in a self contained classroom. People wonder why I have such anxiety over school and classroom placement every year. Because of crap like this. It's why special needs parents put recording devices on their kids, and quite frankly I can't blame them one bit.

[lpbk2713]

3. This isn't an isolated incident. This is a pattern of sick behavior.

Everyone in the school administration should be held accountable. It is inconceivable that no one outside of the classroom had any idea this was going on after so many occurrences.

[Hoppy]

4. Reads a bit suspicious to me. There was a case about 20 years ago in my hometown.

You can read about it, the teacher was Margaret Kelly Michaels. She was accused of doing stuff that could not have possibly been hidden if done in a classroom. After a few years in jail, she was proven innocent and sued the state for millions --- and won.


The connection with the posted case is with the zip ties, duct tape and maybe even the long time outs in the bathroom. Stuff like that has characteristics that are visible to observers and passers-by to the classroom.

[Democat]

7. Look at the comments in this thread - everyone assumes it's true

Remember the McMartin Preschool?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial

[Hoppy]

9. Yeah, it became like a Salem mass psychosis.

[AngryAmish]

13. Or Duke LaCrosse

[LanternWaste]

14. Or Steubenville.

Or Steubenville.

[ronnie624]

15. Thank goodness for skeptics.

[EllieBC]

5. And people wonder why those of us with special needs kids

sometimes consider homeschooling. Special needs kids can easily be abused by those who should be protecting them.

[In_The_Wind]

6. Madame Luna ... is that you?

[Quackers]

8. AP Link

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9830562560dc45c296e8ac88f1791b88/attorney-ny-school-ignored-abuse-special-ed-teacher

[cwydro]

11. WHAT?

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. What?