special education

Published on: April 13, 2025

Special Ed Teacher Accused of Molesting Student

A married special education teacher at a high school in northeastern Illinois was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a classroom last December.

On March 15, the mother of a teenage boy who attends Downers Grove South High School was setting up her teenage son’s new cell phone when she spotted disturbing messages containing discussions about sex. The other party, believed to be the teen’s soccer coach and tutor, allegedly messaged the boy about how much she liked their physical encounter. According to reports, the alleged connection between the two started in a classroom on campus before a tutoring session. The boy reported that he later realized it was wrong and ended things with her. His mother reported the situation to the police, and an investigation was opened.

On March 16, the woman and her husband were pulled over by Downers Grove police while driving in Chicago, and she was told to get out of the vehicle. The woman, who was visibly upset and crying, was taken into custody. She is expected to face charges of two felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one felony count of criminal sexual assault against a minor. She was released with the condition that she is not allowed to enter the high school or have contact with anyone age 18 or younger.

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Published on: August 23, 2023

Man Said 9-Year-Old Niece Forced Him to Have Sex

by Staycie R. Sena

A man reportedly sexually assaulted his 9-year-old niece, but he alleges that she forced him and that he is the victim.

On August 8, a 9-year-old girl was at school, and she let her special education teacher know that she had pain in her privates. A teacher’s assistant walked the girl to the nurse’s office. The nurse thought the child might have a urinary tract infection, and they called her mother.

In the meantime, the teacher’s assistant brought the girl back to the classroom. While they walked to the room, the TA questioned the girl about whether she had been touched inappropriately by anyone. The child reportedly said her uncle used his bare hand to show her how to wipe herself after she went to the bathroom. She also allegedly accused her uncle of putting his privates inside of her.

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Published on: September 6, 2022

Special Ed Teacher Accused of Abusing Students

by Staycie R. Sena

A special education elementary school teacher was arrested after three families accused her of physically and verbally assaulting their children.

Last May, two teacher’s assistants reported that a special education teacher at Grassfield Elementary School in Chesapeake, Virginia, was treating some of her students abusively. The assistants said they saw the teacher hurting the children in her class.

One of the three students the teacher is accused of harming is 11 years old and non-verbal. The child’s mother said her daughter had a recent behavior change, and she believed it was due to the alleged mistreatment of the girl.

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Published on: June 21, 2021

Special Ed Teacher Sexually Assaulted another Teacher

by Staycie R. Sena

A high school teacher in Oregon was arrested when he was accused of sexually violating another instructor who works at the educational institution.

56-year-old Matthew Lenoue is from Spokane, Washington, but he currently resides and works in Dallas, Oregon. He is employed by the Dallas School District as a special education teacher at Dallas High School.

On June 11, the Dallas Police Department was notified by the Dallas School District Administration. They reported a possible sexual assault incident between a male and female teacher that allegedly occurred on the high school campus prior to the start of the school day.

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Published on: April 10, 2018

Autistic Child Charged with Battery for Hitting Teacher

by Staycie R. Sena

A second-grade special education teacher was allegedly hit in the face by a student with autism in her class when she removed his iPad from his possession and he became upset. The teacher has filed battery charges against the child in response to the incident.

DJ, an 8-year-old boy who suffers from autism, is a student in the second grade at the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Autism is defined as a condition which can present itself in a multitude of ways affecting social skills, communication, and behavior. The varying symptoms and manifestations of those with autism have been linked to “different combinations of genetic and environmental influences.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that as many as 1 out of every 68 children in America are diagnosed with autism.

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