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Oregon teacher accused of taping child to chair
OAKRIDGE, Ore. — A teacher in the Oakridge School District southeast of Eugene has been placed on paid administrative leave after allegedly taping a student to a chair because he wouldn't sit down.
Superintendent Don Kordosky declined to identify the teacher, but confirmed she was removed from her Oakridge Elementary School classroom last week after the mother of a 9-year-old boy reported the May 28 incident.
The boy's mother, Becky Faile, does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment. In interviews with local television stations, she said the teacher taped her son from his knees to his chest after he refused requests to sit down.
Faile said her son's poor behavior was not a strong enough reason for him to be humiliated in front of his peers. Faile said she has contacted a lawyer.
Under Oregon law, "a teacher may use reasonable physical force upon a student when and to the extent the teacher reasonably believes it is necessary to maintain order in the school or classroom."
It's unclear if masking tape is considered reasonable.
On the advice of her Oregon Education Association legal counsel, the Oakridge teacher is not commenting on the incident until district officials have provided her with the results of their investigation, said Dan Fisher, president of the Oakridge Teachers Association.
"It's a shame that the process has worked this way with the media coverage, because it's been almost a guilty until proven innocent thing," he said.
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