An Ohio parent took to social media to expose her third-grade daughter’s teacher, posting that the educator assaulted and embarrassed the child while in class.
School officials say the teacher has been reprimanded but would not provide details about the staffer.
Brittnee Nelson wrote on Facebook on the evening of Tuesday, March 7, that a teacher at the William Bruce Elementary School in Eaton, Ohio, assaulted and embarrassed her daughter, Aaliyah. The school is one of only two lower-grade schools in the small town.
The school reportedly responded with an investigation, resulting in the child being moved to a different class and the teacher being able to immediately return to hers.
According to the post, Aaliyah had lost a piece of paper and asked for a replacement. The student reportedly saw a friend ask for a replacement sheet with no issue. The teacher is said to have not replaced the paper, believing the student had it somewhere in her possessions.
The educator, whom the mom lists as a Mrs. Mahan, grabbed the child by the neck and “dumped out” her desk and her locker, the mother wrote on Facebook. She also wrote that the teacher screamed at her daughter “in front of the entire class!” and led her back to her desk.
The mother added that after the teacher dumped “all of her pens, pencils, and things that wouldn’t even have this piece of paper in it,” she told the child, ‘You’re going to pick that up,’” as Nelson described to WHIO TV 7.
The experience allegedly made the young girl feel “sick” and “sad.”
Nelson also shared on social media that Aaliyah later “sat in silence for the remainder of the school day.” The mom said her daughter “was so upset she wrote in her agenda on the way home to express her feelings (which she has never done).”
A parent of one of Aaliyah’s classmates wrote in a post on social media, “Emmalin told us about something that had happened in her classroom….
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