McNinch Teacher Out, Marshall County Schools Administrators On Leave Following Abuse Charges

The teacher accused of strangling a non-verbal autistic McNinch Primary School student no longer works for Marshall County Schools, according to schools Superintendent Shelby Haines. Meanwhile, the school’s principal and school district’s special programs director currently “are not working” in the district as the investigation continues.

Former teacher Kiersten Moses, McNinch Principal Jane Duffy and Special Programs Director Erin Cuffaro all face charges from incidents that allegedly occurred earlier this year at the school. Moses faces a felony count of strangulation, two felony counts of battery and assault of a disabled child and one count of felony child abuse. Cuffaro faces eight counts of felony gross neglect of child creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury;