This is crazy why would a grown man want to kick a child in the face.According to the Miami Herald:
A parent's worst nightmare came true when a teacher of Miami's Head Start program was arrested for allegedly kicking a 5-year-old girl in the mouth when she was lying on her cot during nap time.
According to The Miami Herald, Jean E. Dorvil, 56, a preschool teacher at Charles R. Drew Elementary School in Miami was charged with aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm, three charges of battery and two charges of child abuse with no harm.
The recent incident is apparently not the first occasion in which Dorvil has physically harmed a child in his care. Upon investigation, school police found that a co-worker knew of two boys who had been kicked by Dorvil within the school year, but neglected to report the incidents as state law requires.
The episode that launched the investigation occurred on April 16. Mikel Blue, a 5-year-old preschooler, told authorities that she went to the restroom during nap time without permission, when she returned, Dorvil kicked her in the mouth as she rested on her cot.
Mikel's mother, Cynthia Blue, said that her daughter returned home from school that day with blood on her blouse and a busted lip.
''It stunned me,'' Cynthia Blue said. ''Her lip was cut on the outside, and it was bleeding.'' Blue said when she asked her daughter what happened she replied, ''he got mad at me because I went to the bathroom.''
Sergeant Ivan Silva of Miami-Dade Schools Police confirmed that a Head Start staffer told detectives that two other students complained that Dorvil kicked them earlier this year. The employee failed to report the allegations once details of the abuse surfaced. Florida law states that any suspicions of child abuse or neglect are to be reported through the abuse hot line.
After the two boys who were kicked -both 5-years-old- and their parents were interviewed by detectives, Dorvil "admitted to those incidents, and that's why he was charged," Silva said.
Child welfare administrators said Tuesday that after reviewing Dorvil's 10 year tenure at the school, there may be a possibility that he has a history of abusing children that dates back several years.
In 2002, Dorvil was reprimanded for not reporting that a child had been hurt under his supervision. The January 2002 report says: ''The child hurt his mouth and was bleeding. You assessed the accident to be minor even when the child clearly had blood from his mouth."
''You did not obtain the assistance of the nurse who is on site; you did not try to contact the parent, you did not inform me (your supervisor)'' the report adds. "I hope you understand the gravity of the occurrence and the consequences of your negligence.''
Dorvil has been suspended from his teaching position in the Head Start program, and administrators are working to gather additional information to determine whether other children have been abused in his care.
So far, Dorvil faces four felony charges and is in jail without bond.
This is crazy why would a grown man want to kick a child in the face.According to the Miami Herald: