BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A Palm Beach County teacher has been fired because school officials say she put a student in a closet as punishment - again.
Rutha Scott was suspended for 71 days without pay in 2006 for placing a misbehaving student in a storage room at a Boca Raton high school. The school board voted unanimously on Wednesday to fire Scott after an investigation showed that she placed a student in a dark storage room in February.
Scott denied the allegations when questioned by a school police officer. Authorities say there wasn't enough evidence to bring criminal charges against the teacher.
Scott's attorney says she plans to appeal the firing.