Teaching aide swung pre-K student around by feet and called her ugly as hell: police

An educational aide allegedly grabbed a pre-schooler by her feet and swung her around upside down — banging her head — after telling the toddler they were “ugly as hell,” according to police.Rachel Ann Kirspel, 37, was seen insulting the girl at Marshall Early Childhood Center in Marshall, Texas last week, and then yanking her into the air as she screamed, causing the girl to hit her head, according to an affidavit obtained by KLTV.“You are ugly as hell!” Kirspel allegedly told the girl, who was 3 or 4.“You can tell your mama didn’t raise you right.”A stunned co-worker who witnessed it yelled at Kirspel to put the young girl down and told her to leave the room.

It was then reported to school officials.The student then said that Kirspel yanked a nap mat from underneath her, flipped her over, grabbed her collar and pulled her in the air by their feet, hurting her head and leaving her scared to return to school.“My daughter was picked up by her feet and dropped on her head,” Wayana Darty Williams, the mother of the child, posted on Facebook, according to the Marshall News Messenger.“As a parent, there is no pain or anger greater than knowing your child was harmed by someone who was supposed to protect and care for them,” she added.Kirspel, meanwhile, maintained that the child was being uncooperative and trying to play during nap time, so she grabbed the girl off the mat and put her over her shoulder.

When that didn’t work, she held her upside down and she started crying, she claimed.Kirspel was arrested on Monday and charged with injury to a child.Marshall Independent School District Superintendent Richele Langley also said that “the aide was immediately removed without the ability to return, was investigated, and terminated.”“Employee actions like those alleged will not be tolerated,” she added....