The executive director of Young Tracks Preschool and Day Care Center has been removed from the position as the investigation into alleged child abuse at the facility continues, according to a statement from the Young Tracks board of directors.
Kim Martin, 58, and 鈥渟taff members subject to allegations of abuse鈥� no longer work for Young Tracks as of Thursday, according to the statement.
According to the affidavit for arrest, several witnesses, including two teachers, reported to Human Services that
Witnesses also stated seeing Montes using 鈥渉er long fingernails to press on the children鈥檚 windpipe,鈥� and 鈥渓ay on the children to make them fall asleep,鈥� according to the affidavit.
The Colorado Department of Early Childhood subsequently shut down Young Tracks on Feb. 11 after Steamboat Springs Police Chief Mark Beckett told the department on Feb. 9 that he 鈥渂elieves that the children at the facility are in imminent danger of child abuse.鈥�
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