Teacher who wrote 'loser' on child quits her job

COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio teacher accused of writing the word “loser” on a student’s arm has resigned ahead of a scheduled disciplinary hearing.

Her lawyer said today that Amy Butterfield did not want the boy involved in the hearing process and felt it was best to leave her job.

Atty. Robert Washburn says Butterfield was just joking around with the second-grader and that she wrote “loser” in orange marker on the boy’s arm after he’d said he wanted to do that to her. Washburn says she did not mean to demean or harm the boy.

Butterfield had been on paid leave since April 1. She told school district officials in a letter Wednesday that she was resigning for personal reasons.

A district spokeswoman says Friday’s disciplinary hearing has been canceled.