Connecticut private school teacher and father-of-two is fired then ARRESTED for tickling students

A Connecticut backstage schoolhouse teacher was fired aft helium allegedly 'inappropriately' tickled a pupil astatine the Jewish time school.

Nicholas Ricciardi, 46, a schoolroom teacher of 20 years, was arrested connected January 17 and charged with hazard of wounded to a kid and breach of bid aft a genitor reported him. 

The father-of-two was employed astatine the Soloman Schechter Day School, a Jewish time schoolhouse that educates children from aboriginal puerility done eighth grade.

Sometime earlier Thanksgiving, Rabbi Jonathan Berger, caput of the West Hartford school, said that a genitor approached him, reporting that their kid had been tickled by Ricciardi.

The schoolhouse instantly placed the teacher connected permission and reported the alleged incidental to the Department of Children and Families.

The DCF did not judge the lawsuit for further probe and allowed the Manchester-native to instrumentality to the school, with the knowing that tickling was not acceptable.

However connected December 13, the schoolhouse received different ailment from a 2nd genitor who raised concerns astir a akin incident.

The genitor claimed that their kid was 'inappropriately touched by her teacher aggregate times' portion astatine school. The study described the alleged inappropriate touching arsenic 'tickling the unfortunate astir the belly fastener area.'

The 46-year-old was placed connected permission erstwhile again and the DCF was notified, this clip accepting the assertion and opening an investigation.

The West Hartford Police were besides notified of the incident, prompting a consequent constabulary probe that resulted successful an apprehension warrant, charging the fishy with transgression violations.

Ricciardi was barred from returning to the time school's field successful mid-December, and is nary longer employed with the school.

'None of our higher-level priorities [inspiring students to emotion learning, observe Jewish life, physique a vibrant aboriginal for themselves, etc.] are possible, and nary are important, without a instauration of kid safety,' Rabbi Berger said successful a statement.

School officials said tickling connected the students' abdomen was the afloat grade of what happened, and that they are unaware of immoderate inappropriate behaviour beyond that. 

After his January 17 arrest, Ricciardi posted the $40,000 enslaved and is owed successful Hartford Superior Court connected January 30.

Ricciardi started enactment astatine the Soloman Schechter Day School this past schoolhouse twelvemonth arsenic a archetypal and second-grade wide studies teacher.

'In summation to being a schoolroom teacher for 20 years, Nick is besides a certified yoga teacher and idiosyncratic trainer,' the schoolhouse wrote successful a Facebook post on August 22.

The erstwhile schoolhouse teacher besides works astatine West Hartford Yoga, wherever helium specializes successful yogic meditation and pranayama breathwork.

'Nick is simply a Certified Personal Trainer and has taught passim the portion since 1998. 

In summation to his enactment successful fittingness facilities, helium has a beardown inheritance successful Martial Arts - grooming successful Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Aikido and Tai Chi to fortify body, caput and spirit,' his illustration connected the yoga studio's website reads.

'When not moving successful the wellness and fittingness field, Nick is simply a teacher, moving chiefly with interior metropolis students, and bringing yoga and mindfulness to this under-served population.' 

The probe into the alleged incidental remains ongoing.