Norwalk Teacher Accused Of Using Chokehold On Students Fired: Report

NORWALK, CT — The Board of Education has terminated the contract of a Norwalk teacher accused of demonstrating a chokehold on a student until they were unconscious, The Norwalk Hour reports. Meeting minutes indicate the board voted unanimously to terminate the contract.

According to The Hour, a district spokesperson said Stefanie Sanabria, 50, of Danbury, initially submitted her resignation but later withdrew the request and chose to proceed with the termination process. She is next scheduled to appear in court in May.

Norwalk police announced last month Sanabria had been charged with second-degree strangulation, risk of injury to a minor and reckless endangerment following the Feb. 24 incident.

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According to police, Sanabria — who works as a math coach at the school — was demonstrating a martial arts chokehold on three fifth-grade students when one of the students lost consciousness as a result of the hold.

Following an investigation by the Norwalk Police Department Special Victims Unit, Sanabria was arrested at her Danbury home on March 3.

Read the full story at The Norwalk Hour.