Records from Social Services show the incident happened on June 26.
On June 29, parents received a message informing them Haga no longer worked at the daycare.
Reports from Social Services show they received a complaint and conducted an investigation starting July 7.
During the investigation, Social Services spoke with Haga and a staff member, as well as the child.
In the interview, the child stated:
“Someone grabbed me on the neck like this. It hurt real bad. I could not breathe. She said that is what I get for doing bad things.”
A staff member also said she heard Haga say:
“That’s what happens when you try and hit me.”
We’ve reached out to Radford Early Learn Center’s parent company, KinderCare, and they told us:
“Once we were aware of teacher Justine Haga’s interactions with a child at our center, we took immediate steps, including reporting to state licensing and to child protective services and ending Ms. Haga’s employment.”KinderCare
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