MOVE THEM BOTH. And give the student counselling and her teacher training on how to cope with challenging children.
These were the primary recommendations of the board of management of the Ellerslie Secondary School after investigating the incident in which a 14-year-old student and her female teacher were involved in a physical altercation in their classroom at the Black Rock school in mid-April.
Responding to questions about why the child had not returned to any classroom since the incident occurred six weeks ago, a source close to the situation explained that based on the report of the board to the Ministry of Education, the child’s last official day on the roll of the school was May 20, last Friday.
That’s because the investigation concluded that the student was in breach of the school’s code of discipline and amounted to assault and battery on the teacher, in addition to gross disrespect. (RRM/AD)
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