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Students from Century High School in Oregon, USA are not happy
with a decision by the school board to suspend a teacher who threatened a
student during an assembly. As a result, they have demonstrated their support
for the teacher by walking out of a Monday morning class and opening a Facebook
Group to rally behind the teacher.
The incidence which caused the teacher to be suspended and
placed under administrative leave, happened when students were gathered for a
school assembly on Friday. The student Kieshon Averette, was apparently
misbehaving when the teacher told him to shut up. According to Jeffrey Dicintio,
a student at the school, the teacher made threats against Kieshon when he told
him to shut up. He said he would kill Kieshon and throw him down a flight of
stairs.
The spokesperson for Hillsboro School District said the matter
is still under investigation but they have already taken action against the
teacher by placing him on administrative leave. The name of the teacher has not
been revealed by the school but the spokesperson confirmed that many students
at the school expressed their sympathy and support for the teacher.
Letters have poured in from ex-students as well as current students,
expressing support for the teacher. The students have taken their initiative to
Facebook by creating a group in support of the teacher. At this time of writing,
the Facebook group
has gathered over 700 members.
One former student wrote that any student who has been taught by
the teacher will understand that he only cares for the future success of his
students.
The school spokesperson, Beth Graser told a local news agency that
the teacher is a victim of his own poor choice of words, which he used to deal
with the misbehaving student, and that the teacher’s response is not acceptable
even though he might have had good intentions.
Jeffrey Dicintio, the student who spoke to the Hillsboro Tribune
about the matter, seems to be a victim of bullying and harassment by school
staffers in the district. With the help of his mother, Jeffrey filed has filed
complaints against four staffers who allegedly bullied and harassed him last
year in September. As a result, the district was forced to issue an apology and
revise its training of staffers.
Source –
OregonLive [Oregonlive.com]
Photos –
KATU News/[Katu.com/news]
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