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Jacksonville student hit with Lysol can, another inadvertently set on fire, school board says

The Duval County School Board moved to fire one and suspend four other employees Tuesday night.

The board moved to fire a teacher’s assistant, Tiffany Bullard of Oak Hill Academy.

She’s accused of hitting a student with a Lysol can.

A report says another educator “heard the can hit his head at least 4 or 5 times.”

Bullard allegedly told that person, “ ‘Look, this boy done made himself bleed’.”

One teacher suspended by the School Board was a former Teacher of the Year nominee.

Asante Dean is listed as a science teacher at Westside High School.

He is accused of being negligent in the classroom earlier this year.

A disciplinary report said he was conducting a science experiment using alcohol when “a student’s shirt was ignited.”

The 11th grader reportedly “suffered serious burns and was transported to the hospital.”