D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee said Tuesday that of the 266 teachers fired in October, one had been under investigation for “serious allegations of sexual misconduct.”

Six others had served suspensions for corporal punishment, two had served suspensions for excessive absences on multiple occasions, and “several other employees had egregious time and attendance records,” Rhee said.

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