Is She Teacher of the Year—or a Child Abuser?

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Published Oct. 31, 2021 3:42PM EDT

Duval Schools

On Wednesday, Caroline Melanie Lee was named teacher of the year by Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School in Duval County, Florida. Two days later, she was was arrested and charged with hitting a student in the face several times, The Florida Times-Union reports. Lee, 60, denies striking the child, saying she called the girl into her classroom to discuss an Instagram post she felt was threatening. But police said surveillance footage shows the student, who got a nose bleed, was holding her face as she left the classroom and walked straight to the guidance office to report she was hit.

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Is She Teacher of the Year—or a Child Abuser?

Duval Schools