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Apopka day care worker arrested after police say she hit 4-year-old with ruler

Apopka day care worker arrested after police say she hit 4-year-old with ruler
WEBVTT IOLA BROWN: SHE HAS RESIGNED.DAVE: A SPOKESPERSON FOR THELEARNING TREE ACADEMY SAYS54-YEAR-OLD JANET GAINER,ARRESTED FOR CHILD ABUSE, NOLONGER WORKS THERE.WE REACHED OUT TO GAINER, BUT NOONE ANSWERED.A FOUR-YEAR-OLD TOLDINVESTIGATORS SHE HAD BEEN HITIN THE ARM BY HER TEACHER.AND THE REPORT FROM APOPKACHILD'S RIGHT ARM WHICH HAD TWODISTINCT BRUISES.THOSE BRUISES' SIZE AND SHAPEINDICATE BEING CAUSED FROM ARULER.IN AN EMAIL FROM THE DEPARTMENTOF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ITSAYS IT HAS CITED THE ACADEMYFOR TWO CLASS ONE VIOLATIONS.INAPPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE ANDFAILING TO CALL IN AN ABUSEREPORT.IT ALSO CITED A CLASS TWOVIOLATION OF NOT COMPLETING ANINCIDENT REPORT.ON CAMERA THE ACADEMYSPOKESPERSON WOULD ONLY SAY --IOLA BROWN: SHE IS NO LONGERWITH US.SHE IS NO LONGER PART OF OURINSTITUTION.DAVE: BUT A WRITTEN STATEMENTSHE HANDED TO US READS IN PARTLEARNING TREE ACADEMY DOES NOTCONDONE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.AND THAT IT HOPES TO LEARN FROMTHIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION ANDDO ALL WE CAN TO PREVENT IT FROMHAPPENING IN THE FUTURIN THE REPORT, GAINER SAID SHEDID NOT HIT ANY CHILD, AND THATWHEN THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD HITANOTHER TEACHER AND STUDENT WITHA SHOE, GAINER SAYS SHE TAPPEDTHE CHILD'S HAND WITH HER HANDAND SAID IT IS NOT NICE HITTINGOUR FRIENDS.GAINER HAD WORKED AT THE DAYCARESINCE 2016.IN APOPKA, DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH 2
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Apopka day care worker arrested after police say she hit 4-year-old with ruler
An Apopka day care worker was arrested Thursday after investigators said she struck a 4-year-old with a ruler. Janet Gainer, 54, an employee of The Learning Tree Academy, is charged felony child abuse. Apopka police and the Florida Department of Children and Families went to the day care Tuesday to investigate allegations that Gainer struck a 4-year-old twice on the upper arm with a ruler. Investigators said that through interviews and physical evidence, they determined the child was hit with a ruler by Gainer.Gainer was booked into the Orange County Jail.

An Apopka day care worker was arrested Thursday after investigators said she struck a 4-year-old with a ruler.

Janet Gainer, 54, an employee of The Learning Tree Academy, is charged felony child abuse.

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Apopka police and the Florida Department of Children and Families went to the day care Tuesday to investigate allegations that Gainer struck a 4-year-old twice on the upper arm with a ruler.

Investigators said that through interviews and physical evidence, they determined the child was hit with a ruler by Gainer.

Gainer was booked into the Orange County Jail.