BOULDER | A former school bus aide who pleaded guilty to assaulting an autistic student on his way to and from school faces sentencing in a Boulder court.
Fifty-two-year-old Monica Burke pleaded guilty to felony assault on an at-risk person in July. She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
Burke was charged with kicking and hitting the 20-year-old Longmont student as he was taken to and from a Denver school specializing in autism.
Police say Burke sprayed aerosol disinfectant in the student’s face.
William Hall Jr., another ex-employee of the St. Vrain Valley School District, faces trial for not reporting the abuse as he was driving the bus.