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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

CPS students with disabilities abused by teacher at West Pullman school, lawsuit alleges

(Sun-Times file)

A Chicago Public School teacher is accused of mentally and physically abusing young students with disabilities at Whistler Elementary School on the Far Southwest Side, often telling them, “The longer you cry, the longer I will hit you.”

The teacher routinely “administered harmful, physical and violent corporal punishment,” including striking students with her hands and wooden rulers, the parents allege in a lawsuit filed this week.

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