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Quote:Visalia teacher charged after star-spangled outburst, released from jail.SOURCE:
'Margaret Gieszinger sat in the back of a pretrial courtroom on Friday. Her hands were cuffed and her head was down.
Charges were filed against the Visalia teacher who was caught on video appearing to forcibly chop off at least
one student's hair while belting out the national anthem in her classroom.
Another West-Coast Screw-up.
On Friday, Tulare County District Attorney's Office filed a six-count complaint against science teacher Gieszinger, 52 of Exeter.
Gieszinger was charged with one count of false imprisonment, two counts of cruelty to a child, two counts of battery, and one
count of assault. Each count is a misdemeanor.
She was released on her own recognizance by Tulare County Judge Anthony Fultz during her arraignment on Friday.
However, there are restrictions tied to her freedom.
Gieszinger can't go near University Preparatory High School and she can't be near firearms.
"My husband has some guns so I don't know if he can get rid of them so fast," she told the judge.
"I haven't talked to him."
Fultz advised her to stay with friends or family until the guns are removed from the home.
A criminal protective order was also put in place to protect the three victims listed in the complaint.
Gieszinger can't be within 50 feet of the school or victims. Gieszinger’s legal woes began on Wednesday.
College of the Sequoias police responded to a University Preparatory High School classroom after reports of child
endangerment involving a teacher and a "pair of scissors," said Police Chief Kevin Mizner.
Three videos were posted to social media showing a student sitting in a chair at the front of the classroom
as the teacher cuts off portions of the student's hair. She then tosses the chunks of hair behind her.
As the student attempts to get up and walk back to his desk, Gieszinger says, "You're not done," and motions
him to sit back down.
She then chops his hair again. He again stands up and moves away from her.
Shortly after, in the video, the teacher calls out other students and then walks over to a female student.
The teacher appears to grab a piece of the student's hair and attempts to snip it.
She was later arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment.
According to Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Gieszinger's credential was suspended in 2007 and 2016.
It's unclear why her credentials were suspended. The 2016 suspension lasted 14 days. The 2007 suspension
lasted seven.
The 2016 credential suspension was cited as an Education Code 44421 suspension.
Education Code 44421 suspension reads:
"The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall privately admonish, publicly reprove, revoke
or suspend for immoral or unprofessional conduct, or for persistent defiance of, and refusal to
obey, the laws regulating the duties of persons serving in the public school system, or for any
cause that would have warranted the denial of an application for a credential or the renewal
thereof, or for evident unfitness for service."
If convicted on all six counts, Gieszinger faces up to three years and six months in jail...'
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