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Officials: Teacher in Long Beach drowning is fired

Originally published: July 14, 2010 10:09 PM
Updated: July 14, 2010 11:29 PM
By MATTHEW CHAYES  matthew.chayes@newsday.com

Teacher Erin Bailey is shown seated on the

Photo credit: Brad Trettien | Teacher Erin Bailey is shown seated on the back of a truck at Long Beach as recuers search for drowning victim, Nicole Suriel. A probe concluded that during the trip, two dozen students were allowed to go to the beach with inadequate permission slips. (June 22, 2010)

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The New York City schoolteacher chaperoning a field trip to Long Beach in which a sixth-grader drowned was fired Wednesday, and officials are seeking to put the school principal on probation, the city said.

Erin Bailey's firing came the same day as a report was released on the investigation into the girl's drowning that blamed Bailey for letting the students wade into the ocean with no lifeguards...

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