Charges Dropped for Susan Anctil Dracut Kindergarten Teacher
he Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has dropped an assault charge against Susan Anctil, a former 29-year veteran Dracut kindergarten teacher who was charged in September with squeezing a 5-year-old boy’s arms so hard she left bruises.
Emily LaGrassa, spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, confirmed that a charge of assault and battery against Anctil, 65, of 60M Myrtle St., Methuen, was dropped on Wednesday “in the interest of justice.”
On June 8, Sherry Arcand, of Trudel Avenue, Dracut, brought her son to the Dracut Police Station alleging the bruises on his arms were caused by his kindergarten teacher grabbing him by the arms and directing him to go back to his seat. The incident allegedly took place at the end of the 2004-05 school year.
Police confirmed they took Arcand’s assault-and-battery complaint in June and filed a report that was forwarded to the clerk magistrate. A hearing found there was sufficient evidence to warrant Anctil being charged.
Reached for comment yesterday, Arcand said she was reluctant to have her son, now 6, testify, so she agreed to drop the charge against the now-retired Parker Avenue School teacher.
Personally I think the Mother realized that her son might have been out of hand and the teacher was doing her job in keeping her son inline.
September 19th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Better late than never! Ive been off line for quite a few months, and then I get on and see this.You are very wrong, I did not realize what you are insinuating.And no teacher has a right to put her hands on any child!No matter what! What I did realize was that,I did not want my 6 year old son to have to be cross examined in court! He had already been through enough. Further more the incident you have read about was not the first time she put her hands on my son. there were other incidents with him and 2 years prior with my daughter!!!!