Investigators found that the alleged abuse from Garofola included slamming children into the floor, walls and chairs, Cruz’s office said.

A former preschool teacher in Scituate was arraigned Wednesday for allegedly assaulting several young children at the school.

Garofola allegedly physically assaulted five of her students, including pushing some students to the ground and slamming some ...

Amy Piester is the Fox 40 News Teacher of the Week. Piester is a UPK (Preschool) teacher and the director of Northminster ...