A Florida teacher claims she was fired because she reported that her preteen student had told her she was being abused by her step-father . Diana Castella was teaching part time for Brownsville Middle School 's iPrep program when a student told the teacher that her stepfather lays on top of her . Castella said she sought out another teacher 's advice because she was unsure of the school 's protocol and then reported what the child had told her to a school counselor the next morning . Scroll down for video . Florida teacher Diana Castella claims she was fired just days after reporting that her student , who is under the age of 12 , was . 'Administrators and Miami-Dade County Public Schools do n't like snitchers . They like everything to be brushed under the rug , ' she told NBC 6 . But school administrator told her that she was being investigated because she did n't report the abuse soon enough . Castella allowed the student to go home to her allegedly abusive step-father before the teacher alerted authorities . The girl was first questioned by the Department of Childhood Services without Castella in the room , . Castella said she was then let inside in the room , where she claims she heard the student confess that she had been molested by her step-father multiple times . Police were contacted and the student 's father was arrested and charged with child molestation and lewd and lascivious conduct . When Castella returned to school , she said she was called into the principal 's office and told she was under investigation by the school because she did n't report the incident in a 'timely manner ' . A spokesman for Miami-Dade County Schools told NBC 6 that if someone in the district learns about a 'potential abuse case ' they are 'required to report it immediately ' . But , according to Castella , the principal claimed she had to be let go because the school could no longer afford to fund her particular position - not because of the investigation . The student 's father was arrested and charged with child molestation . Castella said the school then told she was under investigation by the school because she did n't report the incident in a 'timely manner ' But , according to Castella , the principal claimed she had to be let go because the school could no longer afford to fund her particular position - not because of the investigation . Castella believes she got fired for reporting what her student had told her . Castella said she is 'disgusted with the system ' , which she says should be fighting to keep on board a teacher who 'did the right thing ' . ' I became a teacher for my students , ' she said . ' I did n't become a teacher to save the reputation of a school . ' The controversy comes just weeks after two teachers in the Miami-Dade County Schools ' district were fired for incidents involving students . Last week a music teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High was arrested and charged of having sex with a 17-year-old student that he admitted to having a nine-month relationship with . And at the beginning of the month a kindergarten teacher at the district 's Silver Bluff Elementary School was charged with child abuse after he allegedly dug his nails into a student 's hand and leg because she was struggling with math problems .
Florida teacher Diana Castella said she sought out another educator 's advice and reported what the child told her the next morning . When the student was interviewed by School she confessed to being molested by her father multiple times . The father was arrested and charged with child molestation . Childhood Services 's principal then told Castella she was under investigation for not reporting the incident immediately . But Castella said the principal told her she was being let go because the school no longer had funds for her particular position .