Park Elementary School employee charged with abusing 2 pre-kindergarten students in ESE class
By FOX 13 News Staff
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Courtesy: Highlands County Sheriff s Office
AVON PARK, Fla. - Highlands County deputies arrested Cynthia Lee Heiss, 38, a paraprofessional at Park Elementary School in Avon Park, after they say she abused two children at the school.
According to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, another employee reported that Heiss got angry with two students who would not calm down to her satisfaction and force-fed a packet of jelly to one student, holding his mouth closed until he swallowed it, then stuffed a tissue in the other student’s mouth and held his mouth closed for several seconds.