LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A new school is taking over the spot of a former Norton Commons day care that shut down after an employee was accused of assaulting a baby.
Leaf-Spring School plans to open in the old Vanguard Academy building. Leaf-Spring will renovate the building before opening in January, when it will offer preschool, kindergarten and after-school programs.
Several families have filed a lawsuit against Vanguard, which was closed by state regulators in November. One of its employees, Rachel Flannery, is accused of abusing babies in her care while she worked at Vanguard Academy in Norton Commons. She was arrested Sept. 30 and charged with three counts of first-degree criminal abuse, to which she pleaded not guilty in October.
A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Flannery in November, charging her with 10 counts of criminal abuse. The jury said she allegedly criminally abused 10 children while working at Vanguard Academy between Sept. 21-28, 2022.
Louisville Metro Police, which began looking into abuse allegations at the day care in September, said surveillance video captured the incidents.
An attorney for one of the victims described the surveillance video used in the investigation, saying it looks like Flannery was squeezing and hitting one alleged victim. The attorney said another clip showed Flannery delivering "multiple blows to the face with a bottle," while she's having a text conversation on her phone.
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