Teacher Accused of Forcing Kindergartner to Eat . . . Barbecue Sauce?

There has to be more to this story or this teacher must have been having a really bad day. Here's more from the Quad-Cities Online:

A Metro East teacher has been charged with misdemeanor battery after allegedly forcing a kindergartner to finish the barbecue sauce he had served himself at lunch, according to a report published on Saturday.

The 5-year-old boy's mother made the complaint to police on April 26, Bethalto Police Chief Alan Winslow told The (Alton) Telegraph. The mother told police her child gagged when forced to eat the sauce the previous day.

The complaint led to a misdemeanor charge filed April 30 against Parkside Elementary School teacher Deborah Lamere, 59, of Bethalto. A telephone message left for Lamere over the weekend by The Associated Press was not returned.

The newspaper obtained information about the case from police through a Freedom of Information Act request after hearing from parents. The parents said the boy was forced to eat sauce he'd squirted on his tray with a spoon in front of the teacher, The Telegraph reported.

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