San Diego Teacher Accused of Choking Student
San Diego police are investigating allegations that a Scripps Ranch High School math teacher deliberately choked a student. School administrators put Peter Burrell on paid leave two weeks after the choking incident.
The conflict came as the result of a disagreement over seating arrangements and quickly escalated when Burrell reportedly picked the student up by his backpack and shirt, walked him outside the classroom, and started choking him. The school district said it handles its policy on punishing students on a case-by-case basis, but it does not allow corporal punishment.
The mother of Lammar Mainor, 15, was told by school officials that there were no school police to respond to the violent incident due to budget cuts. She then filed a report with San Diego police on September 16 after taking her son to see his pediatrician. The doctor’s report states that Mainor suffered from swelling around the trachea.
According to the district attorney’s office, Burrell may face battery charges.
Math Teacher Accused Of Choking Student, www.10News.com, September 30, 2008
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