‘Teacher of the Year’ arrested after repeatedly punching child in the forehead, sheriff’s department says

A South Carolina woman once named “Teacher of the Year” was recently arrested for allegedly punching a child, law enforcement in the Palmetto State says.

Erin Wheeler, 34, stands accused of one count of unlawful neglect of a child, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

Wheeler is currently a special education teacher at South Carolina Whitmore School, an online charter high school in Columbia…

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