{"id":57675,"date":"2023-03-30T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57675"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:46:23","slug":"harns-marsh-elementary-ese-teacher-accused-of-hitting-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/03\/harns-marsh-elementary-ese-teacher-accused-of-hitting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Harns Marsh Elementary ESE teacher accused of hitting students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An ESE teacher at Harns Marsh Elementary School was arrested Wednesday after deputies say she hit students with a ruler and slapped them across the face.<\/p>\n\n\n

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According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the school resource officer at Harns Marsh Elementary in Lehigh Acres received information regarding 39-year-old Adrean Johnson striking students. LCSO detectives began an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives from the School District of Lee County removed Johnson from the classroom while the detectives conducted interviews and collected evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They learned Johnson would slap victims across the face with her hand and strike them on the legs, back and buttocks with a ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson was placed under arrest. She faces a charge of felony child abuse. LCSO says the investigation is still active and additional charges are possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe do not tolerate this kind of alleged behavior and have released the teacher involved from her probationary contract,\u201d said SDLC Spokesman Rob Spicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents of Harns Marsh Elementary students received the following message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood afternoon, families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are receiving this important message in compliance with Florida Statute 1012.797, Parental Notification of Arrest of Employees. I must inform you that Adrean Johnson, Teacher at Harns Marsh Elementary School was arrested off campus on 03\/29\/2023 for the following: child abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please know that The School District of Lee County and law enforcement will handle this matter most appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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