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IF YOUR KID IS COMING HOME TELLING YOU ABOUT THEIR TEACHER BEING MEAN, PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM!! ( Im sharing for a concerned parent) I hope you will do the same! I witnessed my 7 year old daughter being assaulted and injured by an unknown teacher on Monday, March 24, 2014. The Principle and Superintendents Office have refused to give us her name and claim they will do an internal investigation, but have stated that they cannot tell us her name, what the investigation outcome is, and what action (if any) is being taken. My daughter suffered injuries to her right wrist and hand and was treated at the Emergency Room and placed in a wrist splint. The Taunton Police Department Detective who is overseeing my case has refused to press charges against this woman claiming that he is uncomfortable pursuing it because she is an older woman with a 30+ year clean record with the school. He also stated that HE gets to decide if charges are going to be filed and that I have no say in the matter. Its disturbing to think that a school and police department would protect an aggressive teacher instead of an innocent child! ****************************************** At approximately 12:50pm on Monday, March 24, 20014, I was notified that my daughter, Rebekkah Melo (DOB 07-24-2006 – 2nd grader at East Taunton Elementary School) was in the nurse’s office with an injury to her right ankle. Per my daughter’s request, I went to the school with Ibuprofen, water, sneakers, and a wrap for her injured ankle. The school’s front office checked me in and gave me a visitor’s pass. I then walked down to the nurse’s office and found my daughter, sitting with her right leg elevated and ice on her right ankle. There was a hole in the left knee of her pants confirming that she had fallen at recess (the reason she gave for her injury). I gave her 200 mg of Ibuprofen and wrapped her ankle. I helped her put on her sneakers and she told the nurse she was ready to go back to class. At or about 1:30pm, then nurse gave her permission to go back to class, so we exited her office. We walked down the hall and stopped in the foyer. I gave her a hug; she turned left and walked down the hall towards her class. I stood, as always, watching her walk down to her class. At this time, an unknown teacher (female, Caucasian, approximately 50-60 years of age, short in height, chubby in appearance, with “salt and pepper” hair cut very short, wearing a gray sweater) walked past me with another student and went down the same hallway as Rebekkah. Rebekkah had stopped, about two classrooms down the hall, and attempted to come back down the hall towards me. I witnessed this teacher, who was unknown to both me and my daughter, blocking Rebekkah from moving down the hall by repeatedly moving side to side. I then witnessed this teacher place her hands on my daughter and drag her down the hall. Rebekkah started crying and screaming. She wiggled free, but the unknown teacher grabbed her right wrist. As Rebekkah cried and screamed in pain and fear, struggling to get away from this stranger and get to the safety of her mother, this unknown teacher aggressively pulled and twisted Rebekkah’s right wrist to force her in the opposite direction. I hurried down the hall and stated “Get your hands off my child.” Once Rebekkah was safely in my arms, I informed the unknown teacher that she was “not allowed to place hands on students”. She replied with “I didn’t know” and walked down the hall with the student who was with her. Rebekkah was in pain and terrified. We walked directly into Principle Fagan’s office and reported the incident. I described the unknown teacher, and Principle Fagan showed me a picture, covering her name. I confirmed that she was the teacher that assaulted my daughter. I asked repeatedly for this teacher’s name, and Principle Fagan refused to tell me stating “contractual rights”. I dismissed and signed out both my daughters from school. While waiting for Rebekkah’s items to be brought down to the office, I saw the teacher that I witnessed assaulting my daughter standing down the hall with the same student that was with her during the time of the attack. I alerted Principle Fagan and he stated “Yes I know. That’s the same woman from the picture.” I again asked for her name and he again refused, stating that she had “contractual rights”. I asked why she would still be allowed to walk around and work around other children after attacking my daughter and Principle Fagan stated again that she had “contractual rights”. I left with my children and immediately went over to Elizabeth Pole Elementary School to the Superintendent’s Office. I was directed to speak with Christopher Baratta, since Julie Hackett was not available. Both Rebekkah and I explained what happened at East Taunton Elementary and again asked for this unknown teacher’s name. Mr. Baratta also refused to give us this teacher’s name, also stating “contractual rights”. Rebekkah spoke directly to Mr. Baratta, stating that her “arm hurt” and she was “very scared”. She expressed that this teacher “was a stranger” and she felt like she “was being kidnapped”. Mr. Baratta replied with “Well, you’re fine now.” This left my daughter feeling like “he didn’t care”. At or around, 3:17pm, my father, Rebekkah and I went down to the Taunton Police Department to file an incident report. We were told the situation would be investigated and that the detective would call us. Rebekkah continued complaining of right-sided arm and wrist pain. I applied ice and gave her Ibuprofen for the pain. That night, as a result of this trauma, Rebekkah was unable to fall asleep alone and awoke the next morning in a screaming panic when I was not next to her. Throughout the day on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Rebekkah complained about her right-sided arm and wrist pain. At or about 5pm, the pain was so bad that Rebekkah was in tears, stating that she “couldn’t move her hand” and that her “fingers were numb”. I called the pediatrician, and as there were no available appointments for that night, we were instructed to go to the emergency room. We arrived at Morton Hospital’s Emergency Room at approximately 5:24pm. Rebekkah explained how her wrist became injured to several staff members. Due to the severity of pain, the swelling of her wrist, and the bruise on the underside of her hand, the doctor decided an X-Ray was needed. It was determined that Rebekkah’s right wrist was severely sprained. Rebekkah was given a wrist splint to stabilize it and was told to keep it on at all times. We were instructed to use ice and Ibuprofen for the pain and swelling and if it got worse, or did not heal in a week to come back immediately. Like·Comment·Share·Stop Notifications
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:49:36 +0000

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