Parents of disabled child file $1 million lawsuit against Lee County teacher, principal
By Wes Bunch |
The lawsuit was filed in Lee County Circuit Court last week by the 12-year-old girl’s parents, Brenda and Charles Sprinkle Sr. It names the child’s former teacher at Elk Knob Elementary School, Connie Burchett, and Principal Lisa Stewart as defendants.
The suit claims that Burchett, who currently teaches at St. Charles Elementary School, was “grossly negligent” in her duties as a special education instructor and physically and emotionally abused the child over a period of time that stretched from October 2009 to March or April of this year.
The Sprinkles are seeking $1 million in damages and the payment of all of their daughter’s past, present and future medical and therapy bills as a result of the “physical and emotional harm” they allege she suffered.
The allegations levied against Burchett include claims that she mocked the girl’s disabilities and allowed her to remain in soiled clothing “for hours at a time.” The suit continues with allegations that Burchett subjected the child to “physical and emotional intimidation, shock and trauma, assault and battery,” and “shame and humiliation.”
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