School Staffers Charged for Forcing Special Education Student to Eat Vomit

Five staff members at a suburban Indianapolis school have been charged with neglect or failure to report neglect after a 7-year-old special education student was told to eat his own vomit. The teacher charged with neglect told the student during lunch that if he vomited, he would need to eat whatever he threw up. The child vomited on a tray provided by the second teacher, and the aide charged with neglect then gave the child a spoon. The alleged incident occurred in February.