Feb 5, 2021
GIBBON A Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) speech teacher accused of placing a six-year-old female student in a bear hug hold and dragging her down two hallways and two flights of stairs last month, faces three charges in Sibley County District Court.
Renee L. Schmidt, 50, St. Peter, was charged with gross misdemeanor malicious punishment of a child and two misdemeanor counts of 5th-degree assault Feb. 2. An initial court appearance was set for 9:45 a.m., March 11.
According to court documents, GFW School Resource Officer Aaron Hacker received a report on Jan. 21, 2021 of an incident that happened earlier in the day between Schmidt and a student at GFW Elementary School in Gibbon.