Graciela Reyes-Marino
Special Education Teacher at Miami School Facing Child Abuse, Neglect Charges MIAMI, FL - A special education teacher at a Miami elementary school is facing charges after police said she punched a student and shoved another. Graciela Reyes-Marino, a teacher at Auburndale Elementary, was arrested Thursday on aggravated child abuse and child neglect charges, an arrest report said. The report said earlier this month a boy in Reyes-Marino's class had been crying and screaming when she allegedly grabbed him by the wrist and shoved him into a bathroom corridor. She then closed the doors behind the boy, leaving him alone in a confined area for 3-4 seconds until he started screaming louder, the report said. She then opened the door and walked him to his desk. During a separate incident, a student who was looking under his desk had been asked to stop multiple times by Reyes-Marino before she punched him on his upper back area with a closed fist, the report said. ...