The Cherry Hill Board of Education and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families cleared a teacher accused of bullying an autistic student in 2012. The student, who was 10 at the time, went inside Horace Mann Elementary with a recording device. He allegedly recorded bullying incidents involving a teacher and teacher's assistant. The boy's father, Stuart Chaifetz, sent the boy inside with the recorder. We've now learned the Cherry Hill Board of Education and State Dept. of Children and Families have both ruled the recording was illegal. The teacher accused in the case, Kelly Altenburg, is now cleared of any wrongdoing.
The Cherry Hill Board of Education and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families cleared a teacher accused of bullying an autistic student in 2012. The student, who was 10 at the time, went inside Horace Mann Elementary with a recording device. He allegedly recorded bullying incidents involving a teacher and teacher's assistant. The boy's father, Stuart Chaifetz, sent the boy inside with the recorder. We've now learned the Cherry Hill Board of Education and State Dept. of Children and Families have both ruled the recording was illegal. The teacher accused in the case, Kelly Altenburg, is now cleared of any wrongdoing.