12 teachers fired for sexual misconduct, corporal punishment

A dozen D.C. Public Schools teachers have been fired since August 2007 for sexual misconduct and using corporal punishment, according to data released to the D.C. Council by schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.

A document of incidents “substantiated and reported to the Metropolitan Police Department” lists 67 offenses, affecting dozens of students. The students were slapped, smacked, pushed, grabbed, scratched, thrown, spanked, yanked, and hit on the head with a flip -lop sandal. Some were threatened with a knife, some were made to stand jacketless in the cold, and one was sexually assaulted.