Staffers at an Indiana elementary school are facing criminal charges after they allegedly told a 7-year-old student to eat his own vomit and failed to report the incident, Fox 59 reported.
Five staff members at Brown Elementary School have been charged in the incident that involved a special education student. The staff members and their charges are: Brown Elementary Life Skills teacher Sara Seymour, 27, neglect of a dependent as a Level 6 felony, and failure to report, a Class B misdemeanor; Brown Elementary Life Skills instructional aide Debra Kanipe, 63, neglect of a dependent as a Level 6 felony, and failure to report, a Class B misdemeanor; Brown Elementary Life Skills teacher Julie Taylor, 48, failure to report, a Class B misdemeanor; Brown Elementary Life Skills instructional aide Kristen Mitchell, 38, failure to report, a Class B Misdemeanor; Kids Count registered behavioral technician Megan King, 24, failure to report, a Class B misdemeanor.
According to the Brownsburg Police Department, Seymour told the 7-year-old Life Skills student that if he vomited, he would have to eat it. The child ultimately vomited, at which point Kanipe gave the child a spoon. Seymour and Kanipe stood over the boy as he ate a portion of the vomit. The child then used paper towels to clean up what was left.
Watch Fox 59’s report on the story below:
