ILLINOIS
The Times
David Giuliani, davidg@mywebtimes.com, 815-431-4041
The former Marquette Academy science teacher accused of physically abusing students was fired from her previous job at a Bureau County school district, a decision the school board later rescinded before giving her a $60,000 severance package.
Tammy Tieman, 46, who started at the Ottawa Catholic school in 2016, was charged last week with five felony counts of aggravated battery to a child and one misdemeanor count of battery. The crimes are alleged to have involved six students on Marquette school grounds.
Tieman, of Princeton, worked at the LaMoille School District in Northeastern Bureau County for 22 years before joining Marquette.
The LaMoille school board fired Tieman, who made $57,000 a year as a high school and junior high science teacher, in May, but the district gave no public reason for its decision.
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