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Forest school community growing, seeing increased interest
Rachel and Jeremy Thacker s son Teagan did well in traditional school but had a lot of energy and often fidgeted in class.
by Associated Press
Jul. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm
A class is seen during the Wauhatchie School forest day camp at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Rachel and Jeremy Thacker s son Teagan did well in traditional school but had a lot of energy and often fidgeted in class.
After switching to the forest school model at Wauhatchie School for his third-grade year, his parents said he thrived. But a new concern arose: Teagan was about to age out of the program at the end of the school year, and the family was nervous about his possible return to traditional school.
Former Lexington Co. Kindergarten teacher receives maximum sentence for child sexual assault Rodriguez was employed as a Spanish language immersion teacher at Red Bank Elementary School from 2014 until 2017. (Source: Lexington Co. Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office) By WIS News 10 Staff | May 12, 2021 at 11:37 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 11:49 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A former Kindergarten teacher in Lexington County accused of sexually abusing a student has received the maximum sentence Wednesday, officials say.
Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez, 43, pled guilty this week in Lexington County General Sessions Court to criminal sexual conduct with a minor - third degree for sexually abusing a student.
ABC Columbia
May 12, 2021 3:53 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– According to the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office, a former kindergarten teacher at Red Bank Elementary School was sentenced to the maximum 15 years after pleading guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor, third degree. Officials say 43-year-old Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez was employed as a Spanish language immersion teacher at the school from 2014-2017, when he was terminated following a student’s report of abuse.
Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez
Courtesy: Lexington County Detention Center
In April 2017, authorities say Rodriguez told her parents that Rodriguez was inappropriately touching her at school. School officials brought the reports to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, who corroborated the story through evidence found at the school and interviews with other students.