A Moore elementary teacher is under
investigation for an incident involving an elementary school student, and
the 6-year-old's parents said they're scared to take their son back to
school.
Since it is an open investigation,
the district has not released much, but the student's parents
said the teacher hit their child and needs to be permanently removed from
the classroom.
Nathan is a 6-year-old who quickly
makes any cellphone he finds play his favorite songs. Music is a key form of
communication for Nathan who is unable to speak due to developmental delays
from his epilepsy.
“He's non-verbal. He doesn't speak
at all,” his mother Stacey Felix said.
His parents believe that limitation
is what kept Nathan from telling them what happened earlier this month in his
special education class at Fisher Elementary. Instead, they learned of the
alleged incident from the school's principal.
“One of the teachers in the room
reported that the primary teacher struck him on the head with a baking pan or
cookie sheet. Nathan reached for something that didn't belong to him and she
just popped him on the head with it,” she said.
Both Nathan and the teacher in
question are no longer at school.
The district released the following statement: "The
teacher is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of the
investigation regarding an incident that happened in the classroom."
“You just kind of entrust your
child with somebody that you don't know and you hope for the best. Once that
trust is broken it's over with. You cannot go back,” said Alex Smith, Nathan’s
father.
Nathan's parents are now scrambling
to find their son another special education program, but building their trust
for a new teacher will take some time.
“This is like the worst nightmare
we've talked about this before. We just never thought that it would be this way
with a teacher that gets so much training,” Felix said.
Pending the outcome of the
investigation, the parents said they would consider pressing charges
against the teacher.
source: http://www.news9.com/story/31542156/parents-claim-special-education-teacher-hit-6-year-old-student
source: http://www.news9.com/story/31542156/parents-claim-special-education-teacher-hit-6-year-old-student
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