The Minnesota 350-pound teacher was charged after allegedly using a sixth grade student as a “stepping stool” during school safety training, officers said.
Jason Rodgers, 48, confessed that he was standing on the boy's back after a student chose to lie on his stomach during a drill at Underwood School last month. The Star Tribune reportedcited court documents.
The boy's mother “walked around like he was 80 years old due to back pain,” the criminal charges said as Saga had seriously injured his son.
Officials were only warned of trials after the boy was taken to hospital to treat his injuries, officers said.
The boy told the officer that his teacher had been standing on his back for about 10 seconds.
“[The child] The criminal charges didn't know why he did this because he didn't say anything about it, he stepped on him like he was “stomping on” and he didn't say anything about it, he just stepped on him.
“He saw the whole class and thought the defendant had broken. [the boy’s] return. “
When asked, Rogers, who recognized his weight of about 350 pounds, is said to have admitted that he did that because he didn't think the student was trained seriously enough at the time.
He said several children were lying on their stomachs, and he warned them that they could “step on them in their current position.”
Rogers is allegedly later placed his leg on the injured student's waist and placed his weight on him, court documents said.
After hearing the boy's moan and saying “it hurts,” Rogers asked the officer if he was okay.
According to the complaints, the teacher also copied to let two other students go through the drill.
He was slapped as a result of one serious misdemeanor of malicious punishment for a child.
A spokesman for the Underwood Public Schools District said Rogers subsequently took paid administrative leave while the incident was being investigated.
