Cynthia Heiss, Avon Park, Florida (arrested Apr 2021) [felony child abuse charges]

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Cynthia Heiss, paraprofessional at Park Elementary School, School Board of Highlands County, Avon Park, Florida, felony child abuse charges


Paraprofessional force-fed jelly, tissues into mouths of toddlers, Highlands Co. deputies say

A paraprofessional called it “giving the jelly,” according to her arrest affidavit, and now she’s facing felony child abuse charges in Highlands County. “There’s ways you discipline kids in school and that’s not one of them,” said Scott Dressel, the public information officer for Highlands County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say on April 21, Cynthia Heiss force-fed jelly into the mouth of one student and tissues into another and held their mouths shut after they misbehaved in her classroom. The children were 3 and 4 years old and enrolled in the Pre-K special needs program at Park Elementary, according to the ...

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