Special education teacher in Mass. accused of assaulting 3 pre-K students, DA says [Video]

A Massachusetts woman who works as a special education teacher in Bridgewater is accused of physically abusing three pre-kindergarten students who were in her care, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz.Kathryn A. Rousseau, 56, of Taunton, was arraigned Tuesday in Brockton District Court on three counts of assault and battery on a person with intellectual disabilities. Rousseau is a special education preschool teacher at Bridgewater’s Mitchell Elementary School, according to the school’s website.Cruz said that on March 14, a parent of a 4-year-old pre-K student at Mitchell Elementary School went to the Bridgewater Police Department after a school staffer informed them that they had filed a report of suspected abuse or neglect against Rousseau with the state’s Department of Children and Families.The report filed by the Mitchell Elementary staffer accused Rousseau grabbed the student’s mouth with her hand and leaving a mark or cut on the child’s lip.Bridgewater …