Fury as beloved Iowa special needs teacher, 29, is FIRED for secretly telling parents of non-verbal autistic student, 7, that fellow staffer ignored him when he repeatedly banged his head on concrete floor: Enraged family sue the school
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An Iowa special education teacher was fired after she ratted out a staff member who ignored the screams of a nonverbal autistic child as he hit his head on the concrete floor. Amanda Delzell, 29, has been on paid leave since late last year but was fired by the Urbandale school board Monday night in a 4-1 vote.She said she was worried about the safety of 7-year-old Keaton Petek because one of her colleagues ignored him when he hit his head at Webster Elementary School last year. Delzell - who...
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