Child-Phobic Ohio Teacher Suing School District

Former educator says officials transferred her to middle school, forcing her to retire

A former teacher in the Cincinnati school district is suing administrators for discrimination, saying she was forced into retirement because of her “pedophobia,” a fear of young children. Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61, had been teaching high school Spanish and French since 1976, before the district, in 2009, transferred her to the district’s middle school. The children there set off her phobia, causing her blood pressure to rise and forcing her to retire. Waltherr-Willard believes her phobia is protected under the federal American with Disabilities Act and says the district’s transfer violated the law. (Assoicated Press)

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