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WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An elementary school secretary fired for releasing a student to someone who sexually assaulted her has been ordered reinstated, although the Providence school system says it will fight the decision.
WPRI-TV reports the Providence school department is appealing the decision made by an arbitrator last week.
The secretary was fired last year from Asa Messer Elementary School after releasing the student to a relative who was not on the list of people authorized to pick her up.
The school system tells WPRI it will not allow the secretary back on the job while it appeals the arbitrator’s decision in superior court.
The union that represents the secretary says it will fight to uphold the arbitrator’s decision.
