Poudre Schools makes policy changes after bus paraprofessional arrest

The Poudre School District hopes policy changes will help repair broken trust between the district and parents after a paraprofessional was arrested on suspicion of assaulting six students with disabilities on board the district's buses, a spokesperson said.

Police arrested Tyler Zanella, 36, in May after reviewing footage from a school bus he was riding. The video showed Zanella hitting a child who has autism and is nonverbal, police said. Upon further investigation, six victims -- all with disabilities -- were identified, the police said.

Zanella was hired by Poudre Schools despite a prior conviction on a misdemeanor child abuse charge, 9Wants to Know learned.

"Our hearts, my heart, collectively hurts for everybody that was involved," district Chief Information Officer Madeline Noblett said. "That trust has been broken in our community, and that’s not something that we take lightly."

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this man enjoys abusing children so much he actually applied, sadly slipping through whatever it was exactly that gave someone the okay to hire. creepy.
police would be fools not to check his home computer/phone.
better do it before is too late, this man is sick.