A child was left “humiliated” after a teacher taped his mouth shut, his mother has claimed. Catherine Webster got a picture from her 11-year-old son Brady with blue tape across his face in February, leaving her outraged.
The boy sent the picture along with the text: “I don’t know what to do”. The mum horrified said her son’s mouth was covered by the tape two or three times by a teacher.
Furious, she alerted the school’s principal, who found many other students were subjected to the embarrassing practice.
Webster also found out from her son that the teacher would tape students’ wrists together.
After the horrific scenes emerged in Smithfield Middle School, North Carolina, the teacher has stepped down.
Webster, who aids the boy is a “chatterbox” who has the “tendency to clown around”, wrote on Facebook that her son was left “humiliated”, and she only spoke out after the school and police probes were finished.
“Just because Brady didn’t get hurt doesn’t make this less serious,” she said.
“I want to know who is going to be held accountable, so this doesn’t happen again.”
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Johnston County Public Schools said the teacher resigned on February 17 and reassured the school community they take allegations of “staff misconduct seriously.”
“We can confirm that whenever such allegations arise, our administration responds swiftly, by investigating the allegations, and sometimes, by removing staff from classrooms pending completion of a thorough investigation,” the district told WRAL.
“School administrators are always able and willing to speak with any and all parents who may have concerns regarding any issue that occurs.”
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