A teacher has complained to reporters about a brutal assault he suffered from a student at an Indiana high school, saying his requests were ignored.
Rob Gooding was a substitute teacher at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis when he said he was attacked by a larger student. Gooding retired from regular teaching and began substitute teaching.
he told WISH-TV He was teaching a business class when the students came to Gooding on February 1st.
“When I saw him come up, he said, ‘No more.’ And he came down, and I blocked the Chromebook. There was a hole in there.” Gooding said.
“And it pushed me down like this, and all of a sudden he hovered over me and hit me with his left hand,” he added.
He described the student as a “manchild” who weighed approximately 280 pounds and was 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Gooding was taken by ambulance to the hospital and said she told a school police officer she wanted to press charges against the student.
“Then he said to me, ‘We have been directed by the higher ups, the district, not to handcuff or arrest children.’ I said, ‘What?’ ‘And he said, ‘Yes, that came from higher up,”’ Gooding claimed.
A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said the case is still under investigation, but Gooding is upset that nothing has been done so far.
Perry Township Schools released a statement to WISH regarding the incident.
“We are disturbed by the allegations regarding a Kelly Services employee and a student at Perry Meridian High School. Perry Police Department responded quickly to the incident. The police report has been forwarded to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.” The statement reads:
“The prosecutor will then make a decision on criminal charges,” they added. “For confidentiality reasons, Perry Township Schools cannot comment on disciplinary actions against students. However, we can say that the district has a zero tolerance policy for violence.”
Gooding is angry that he hasn’t heard anything about the incident and still wants charges filed.
“If I was in Meridian and he did the same thing to me, where would he be? He has to take responsibility for his actions, and that’s how I feel. ” he added.
There was a similar incident at a San Antonio high school in Texas, where an elderly teacher named Fred Jimenez died after hitting his head during an “interaction” with a student.
Here are reports about this attack:
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