WASHINGTON (7News) — A D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) teacher aide has pleaded guilty after admitting in court that she used hot sauce to discipline a non-verbal student.
7News has reported on corporal punishment allegations within DCPS since the fall. At Boone Elementary School, a staffer was accused of body slamming a student over a book, and there was another incident reported at Wheatley Education Campus where a staffer allegedly force-fed a child.
In court Monday, an attorney called this latest incident at Nalle Elementary School “unusual.”…