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A preschooler was pulled by the wrist and into a bathroom by an early child-hood teacher who then dragged the crying child back to their classroom.
The child experienced trauma at the hands of Kaaren Stewart, who denied what amounted to serious misconduct.
Stewart has now had her registration cancelled after her actions in February 2020 were found to be unnecessary and rough.
She was employed at the Alphabet Academy Cloverlea Centre in Palmerston North at the time of the incident.
Evidence proved the four-year-old child suffered on at least one occasion at the hands of Stewart, which the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found had an adverse impact on the boy.
According to an October decision made public thi
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