Teacher of the Year accused of hitting student in Florida

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The original Instagram post congratulating the Teacher of the Year and all the comments have been deleted. 

Police report details incident

Lee asked to speak with the student who she had been commenting to on Instagram. According to the police report, the student was not in any of Lee’s classes this year.

The student reported that when she sat down, Lee reached across the table and struck her several times. Which caused a nosebleed. 

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The  student told police: Lee “reached across the table and struck her on her face with the heel of her palm.” The student “stated she grabbed her nose because it started bleeding after she was struck.” The student “stated Lee then began repeatedly calling her a ‘f****** b****’ as she landed several more strikes on the top of head.”

The student “stated she began trying to hold both of Lee’s arms to keep from being struck and Lee kicked her on her lower leg.”

Lee denies she hurt the student. In the arrest report, the officer wrote that Lee acknowledged the conflict was the student’s word against her own.