US EditionTeacher, aide accused of abusing students with special needs at Bucks County school
- Central Bucks Superintendent Steven Yanni was placed on administrative leave following a report of abuse in a special education classroom at Jamison Elementary, according to school board leaders Susan Gibson and Heather Reynolds.
- Disability Rights Pennsylvania released a report accusing a teacher and aide of abusing students with special needs through physical punishment and neglect.
- The abuse reportedly took place from September to December 2024, including allowing a student to remain naked and denying access to water.
- James Pepper, a member of the Central Bucks School Board, stated that his nonverbal son was among the victims, highlighting the district's failure to address the situation promptly.
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Central Bucks’ superintendent is on leave after report found abuse of special education students
Steven Yanni was placed on leave in the wake of a report finding the district failed to adequately investigate abuse of special education students at Jamison Elementary School.
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Steven Yanni, former superintendent of the Upper Dublin School District and current superintendent of the Central Bucks School District, has been placed on administrative leave for failing to properly investigate a report that students were abused in an autistic support classroom at Jamison Elementary, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today. On Wednesday, a report by Disability Rights PA found that students in the classroom were abused by a te…
A teacher and an educational assistant from the Central Bucks School District are accused of physically and emotionally abusing students with autism at Jamison Elementary School, according to an independent report released by the Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) organization of more than 70 pages. For these allegations, at a school board meeting on Thursday afternoon, April 24, officials announced that the Superintendent of Bucks Central Sch…
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