Wednesday, December 18, 2019

‘This case is shocking’: Fairfax Co. principal failed to report abuse of nonverbal special-needs children, police say

A Fairfax County Public Schools principal and two former employees have been charged after police said the two staff members assaulted several nonverbal children with special needs and the principal failed to report the abuse.
Cylmeera Gastav, 48, of Herndon, and Cecilia Maria Benavides, 59, of Alexandria, have both been indicted on felony child abuse charges as well as misdemeanor assault and battery charges stemming from the abuse of six children with intellectual disabilities at Freedom Hill Elementary School in Vienna, Virginia.
The two women, who have both left the school system, worked as instructional support staff in the school...

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