On Tuesday, December 6, a horrifying video of St Rita School teacher, Cathy Girard in Ohio grabbing and pushing a young deaf child to the ground was made public
In the video, a female teacher at the St. Rita School for the Deaf in Evendale, Ohio, is seen picking up a nine-year-old deaf student from the floor, then stomping down the hallway and throwing the girl to the floor.
Cathy Girard St Rita School For The Deaf Ohio Teacher Slams 9 Year Old Student On The Floor, Video Goes Viral
Alexys Wells, the girl’s mother, said that St. Rita School only put the girl’s teacher on paid administrative leave because they said the situation was “minor.” Daily Mail said that Wells said the teacher involved in the incident with the deaf child is Cathy Girard, who is known as “Miss Katie” in the classroom.
“She hasn’t been fired yet.”
Girard’s job at St Rita School has not been cancelled, as far as anyone knows. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which runs the school, said in a statement that it was looking into the situation. However, the staff member has not yet been fired. Police are looking into what happened after hundreds of people watched the disturbing CCTV footage online.
What Did The Viral St Rita School Video Show?
A video taken inside the school showed the teacher trying to drag the child down the hallway. Before pulling her to the ground and dragging her along the corridor. At the end of the hall, it looks like the teacher throws the third-grader to the ground.
Shocking video of a teacher lifting and then throwing a 9 year old deaf girl to the floor.
The teachers name is Cathy Girard and the school is St Rita School for the deaf in Evandale, Ohio.
The teacher is on 'LEAVE' & the school has told the girls mother it was a 'Minor Incident' pic.twitter.com/umQ1TnFl1d— Epstein's Sheet. 🧻 (@meantweeting1) December 14, 2022
The girl is in the teacher’s arms one minute, and the next, she is on the ground with the teacher’s arms spread out in front of her. But the video freezes up right when the supposed toss happens, making it impossible to tell what really happened.
As the female teacher wipes her hands together and runs back up the hallway where she came from, another teacher walks by and sees the girl lying at his feet. He looks shocked by what he just saw. As she left, the angry teacher is said to have made a sign that said “I’m done.”
Daughter Came Home To Tell What Happened
When she got home from St Rita School, Wells’ daughter told her mother what had happened by acting out what had happened to her that Tuesday. Wells told News Center 7 that his daughter came home from school on Tuesday and told him that her teacher had thrown her.
“She obviously knows ASL, so she showed it off by putting her arms up under her and acting like she was picking herself up, and then she threw herself to the ground,” she said.
Mother Does Not Want St Rita School To Get Into Trouble
Wells said that even though she was angry about the situation, she didn’t want the school to get in trouble. She told News Center 7: “I mean, St. Rita’s is a pretty big deal.” Wells added, “The school is very important to the deaf community and to southern Ohio in general.”
She also said that her daughter had a different teacher this week when she went back to school. The child’s mother said she posted the violent video on social media. Because she was angry about how the child was treated and wanted to warn others.
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