An Eden Prairie woman who teaches kindergarten in Chaska is facing a gross misdemeanor charge after allegedly using excessive force to restrain a 5-year-old student at a local elementary school last fall.
Miriam Deborah Swirski-Lubin, 52, was charged Wednesday, April 16, in Carver County District Court with one count of malicious punishment of a child. She is not in custody and is scheduled to make her first court appearance on May 16.
According to a criminal complaint, the incident occurred on Oct. 23, 2024. A school staff member reported seeing Swirski-Lubin carry a student in her arms and then slam a door when told to put the child down. Surveillance footage reviewed by the school’s principal and police appeared to show Swirski-Lubin grabbing the child by the shoulders in the gym, sitting on the ground, and using her arms to hold the student across the chest…