The Blue Valley School Board terminated a kindergarten teacher at Sunset Ridge Elementary School after she spent more than 25 years in the district.
Barbara Hart was terminated Monday night in a 6-1 vote after allegedly violating a policy regarding the physical restraint of students.
Parents support Blue Valley teacher fired for reportedly helping special needs student
The district did not share additional details, but concerned parents are speaking out about what they’ve heard.
“It was a special-needs child who was in the hallway, having an episode — or ‘in a loop,’ as they call it — and he was on the ground,” said Michael Hanna, whose two children were Hart’s students in previous years. “She wanted to get him into a safe space, maybe somewhere he felt more comfortable. To do that, he had to be moved — and he wasn’t doing that on his own. So he needed a little bit of help.”
“What I think Barb did was handle the situation with love and compassion,” said Kelley Kilian, who met Hart through parent-volunteer programs in the district.
But that’s not how the school board viewed the situation…