Evidently, it’s becoming a disturbing trend to use duct tape to discipline students in Missouri’s educational centers.  A second incident has just been reported within just a few weeks of the first.This time, a St. Louis 7th grade teacher was recently put on administrative leave by school officials after duct taping a student to a chair to discipline her.  The school district has not identified the teacher as the matter is still pending.

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“I’m looking at a picture of my daughter duct-taped to a chair, and her facial expression, I can just imagine how she felt,” Brooks said, devastated, of the picture circulating on the internet which depicts her little girl looking up at the camera with a terrified expression on her face.Evans stated he won’t be satisfied until the center is shut down altogether and someone is prosecuted for what happened to the child.“I won’t be happy until that daycare is shut down, for one, and whoever did this to my child, whoever it is, either – it’s not an either – she needs to be in jail,” he said.One thing’s for certain.  This new trend is unlawful and has to stop immediately.

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She misbehaved in class — so her teacher strapped her to the chair with duct tape, she saysGirl, 4, was duct-taped to a chair at a Missouri day care, outraged parents allege