Head Start teacher charged with kicking preschoolers

[cali]

A veteran preschool teacher in Miami is accused of kicking a 5-year-old girl in the face last month, and police said he admitted kicking other students earlier in the school year.


Jean E. Dorvil, 56, a preschool teacher at the Head Start program at Charles R. Drew Elementary in Miami, was charged Friday with aggravated child abuse.
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A teacher at a Head Start preschool in Miami has been charged with hitting three children in his care, including a 5-year-old girl whom police say he kicked in the face as she lay on her cot during nap time.

Jean E. Dorvil, 56, a preschool teacher at the Head Start program at Charles R. Drew Elementary in Miami, was charged Friday with aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm, three charges of battery and two charges of child abuse with no harm.

Four of the charges are felonies. Dorvil is in jail without bond.

During their investigation of the girl's case, school police discovered that a staffer at Drew knew about two other children who had been kicked by Dorvil earlier in the school year -- but had failed to report the incidents as required by state law.

When police confronted Dorvil, they say he admitted kicking those two children.

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[ccharles000]

1. If it is true than she needs to be in jail for many years.

[cali]

2. As he's admitted to kicking two other small children

I think it's safe to assume the creep did it.

[glowing]

3. Oh my god, my son's pre-school, head start person is so wonderful.

I couldn't imagine finding these things out. Abuse at such tender ages. WTF is wrong with people. AND how do these people get a job when most of the good people are unable to find one. this shit pisses me off.

[cali]

4. ALL of the Headstart teachers I've known are wonderful

this guy, unfortunately, is a fucking brutal piece of shit.