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Court documents reveal Chesapeake elementary school teacher Janice Maw was arrested on August 30 on misdemeanor charges of assault and battery on two minors.

In May, 13News Now reported a story about the alleged abuse of special education students at Grassfield Elementary School in Chesapeake.

Two Chesapeake mothers are distraught after they say their 11-year-old daughters with special needs were physically and verbally abused by their teacher inside their classroom.

A Chesapeake teacher is on paid administrative leave amid an investigation by school leaders over allegations of abuse against three special needs students.

The Chesapeake Health Department is working with the staff at Grassfield Elementary School to investigate a contagious illness at the school.

A federal judge has ruled that an executive order and new Virginia law allowing parents to opt their children out of classroom COVID-19 mask mandates

A federal judge issued an injunction on Wednesday instructing the state not to enforce - in certain districts where parents of 12 students with health problems filed a federal lawsuit

A federal judge says 12 Virginia schoolchildren who are particularly vulnerable to getting sick from COVID-19 can seek a “reasonable accommodation” such as requiring their classmates to wear masks

These students health conditions, which include cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, Down syndrome, lung conditions, and weakened immune systems, make them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

The plaintiffs in the case are the parents of 12 children who have disabilities that put them at risk should they contract COVID-19.