The Department of Children and Families (DCF), along with the School District of Palm Beach County, is investigating after an employee was accused of taping a student’s mouth shut at Boca Raton Community Middle School, according to emails WPTV obtained.
WATCH: School employee had previous complaint in 2023
School employee investigated, accused of taping child’s mouth shut
According to personnel records, the district previously investigated the same employee in September 2023 after she was accused of pulling a student’s hair and shoving the student into a desk in a different incident at a different school, Olympic Heights Community High School.
The employee received a written reprimand after the district “substantiated” those allegations after an investigation involving interviews with several paraprofessionals, who observed the incident…