A Texas mother is furious after her son claimed his fourth-grade teacher taped him to a chair during class time and allowed students to ridicule him.
The suburban Dallas school district says it is investigating the incident, but “there are two sides to every story.”
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Charlotte Johnson’s 10-year-old son Zye was allegedly taped to a chair during class by a teacher at the Crosby Elementary School in Forney, Texas, NBC News reports. After being reported, the teacher was placed on administrative leave by the Forney Independent School District as an investigation into the incident takes place.
According to the child, the teacher snatched him by the arm after he had completed his lunch period and sat him in the seat. The educator is accused of calling on two other students to support her as she taped him, asking one to hold his arm and the other one to get more tape for her.
The mother says her son told her he was taped around his waist and allowed to have his arms free.
When the teacher left to return the tape to another teacher, a few students allegedly started to hit Zye in the head. The child said he tried to block his face from getting hit.
“My son has dwarfism. He’s 10, but he doesn’t look like he is,” Johnson said. “He tells me one of the students told him, ‘I’m going to slap you as hard as Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.’”
The mother said she feels guilty because she was unable to protect her child during the alleged assault.
Zye also suffers chronic migraines that started to flare up during the incident. The 10-year-old broke free of the tape and went to sit in the “cool down” area of the classroom. He said as he sat in the area, the teacher walked over to him and asked him, “You know I was just playing with you?”
Shortly after sitting in the “cool down” area, Zye asked if he could see the nurse. When allowed, he went to the school nurse and told her what happened to him….
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