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A Mullica Township kindergarten teacher has been suspended after two of her students were found naked in the bathroom. Should she be fired?

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 EXPERTS DEBATE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF THE  MULLICA SCHOOL INCIDENT

 Experts are debating the degree of harm that may have been done when two Mullica Township kindergarten students were unsupervised long enough to enter a bathroom together and take off their clothes. ( See article linked at bottom)

“The District takes the health, safety and welfare of its students very seriously and of paramount concern. While we do not comment on personnel matters, the public reporting on this issue is both incomplete and inaccurate,” Harring-Marro wrote Tuesday. “To the extent any information is subject to public disclosure, its disclosure will occur in compliance with the law.”

Rutgers University Camden Professor Tara Woolfolk, a social psychologist with a doctorate in human development and family studies, said in such incidents she would want to know how many children the teacher was overseeing, and if an aide was present. The National Association for the Education of Young Children recommends a 1:10 ratio of adults to children in a classroom of 20 kindergarteners, up to a maximum of a 1:12 ratio for a classroom of 24.

Because more than 40 percent of the students in Mullica Township are eligible for free or reduced lunch, according to the New Jersey School Performance Report, state education code requires there be a teacher’s aide for each kindergarten classroom and a maximum class size of 21 students.
The district has not released information on Mascio’s class size or whether there was an aide assigned to the classroom.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/details-sought-in-determining-harm-from-naked-kids-incident-in/article_03ad04da-9e97-11e3-b5c4-0019bb2963f4.html

Original Post 2/19/14
http://gadfly01.blogspot.com/2014/02/tenure-charges-filed-against-mullica.html