OTOH
This teacher will get what she deserves (in a strikingly similar situation).
First, police say, Norman Elementary School teacher Mary Lou Botello made a 5-year-old student drop to his knees in the cafeteria and beg for forgiveness after making a racial comment to a custodian.
Then, according to an affidavit filed Tuesday, she grabbed the student by his shirt, dragged him up a hallway and threw him into the principal’s office, where he slid on the floor and landed against a wooden bookcase. At one point in the hall, witnesses said, the child’s shoe came off, causing him to trip as the teacher continued her fast pace.
Police decided that the teacher crossed the line between discipline and a crime during the March 26 incident. They charged Botello, 51, with injury to a child, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years behind bars.
One Response to “OTOH”
Comment by darby April 21st, 2004 at 5:34 pm |
The poor little guy is a 70 lb 5yo. I had several thoughts on reading that article. 1. If he’s 70lbs, then he looks a LOT bigger than his age, so they aren’t treating as if he’s actually 5. This is probably not the first time this teacher has “snapped”. So, I’m glad for her students sakes that she’s out of the classroom. |