Priming that school-to-prison pipeline early -- somebody shouldn't be teaching, especially not special education! Teacher files charges against 8-year-old student who hit her An 8-year-old child with autism now has a record after punching his teacher in the face. D.J. McKay told KRQE he used to love going to school at MLK Elementary in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. "I don't want to go there anymore, and I want a new teacher," he said. On March 6, D.J.'s special education teacher filed a police report against him after he punched her in the face, bruising her nose. "Frustrated, aggravated, upset," is how D.J.'s mother Maria McKay describes the ordeal. Maria says the teacher triggered D.J. by yelling at him before grabbing an iPad out ... Continue reading... http://abc13.com/education/teacher-files-charges-against-8-year-old-student-who-hit-her/3344462/
