Thread: Kindergartener Handcuffed, Arrested

Teacher accused of quieting students with clothespins
POSTED: 1:22 p.m. EDT, April 5, 2007
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AMANDA, Ohio (AP) -- A substitute teacher's tool for silencing chatty kindergartners -- clothespins -- doesn't wash with school officials.

Four boys said spring-type clothespins were placed over their upper or lower lips for talking too much in class, Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School principal Mike Johnsen wrote in a letter to parents this week.

Ruth Ann Stoneburner, a retired school nurse who had worked as a substitute for several years, confirmed to Johnsen that she had used the clothespin discipline March 26, he said.

Stoneburner will not work again in the Amanda-Clearcreek district and was being reported to the state education department, Superintendent J.B. Dick said Wednesday.

Officials found out about the discipline after a parent complained. The students weren't hurt, but the punishment isn't condoned by the district, Dick said.

Stoneburner could not be reached for comment.

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Okay, that is weird. Maybe she is a horse woman. That reminds me of putting a twitch on a horse to keep them under control. On a scale of 1-10, I give her a 1 for decision making, and a 10 for creativity.