Goodwyn Mother Claims Teacher Hit Son with Broomstick

WWW.wsfa.com ^ | Feb 26, 2005, 12:24 AM EST | Reporter: Chris Holmes

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It's one of the rarest occurances in public schools; teachers committing violence against students. But a Montgomery mother says her fifteen year old special needs son is a victim twice over; once when a teacher hit him with a broom stick, and a second time as the target of intimidation.

It's been a month since Veronica McDaniel first claimed teacher Felix Tyre hit her son in the head with a broomstick at Goodwyn Junior High. Since then, she says the 15 year old has gotten scared.

"He is afraid of him. He really doesn't want to go to school there. I asked them to transfer my son, but they will not do it," McDaniel said.

McDaniel filed a complaint in Municipal Court January 25th, claiming Tyre got into an argument with her son, then hit him. In response, the school board suspended the teacher for a week, then allowed him back to class.

"I was very surprised when he returned to work," Mrs. McDaniel said, "because first off, the case hasn't been to the judge. But then they told me he wasn't supposed to contact my son."

But Mrs. McDaniel says Tyre did that the first day he came back. And since then, she claims the teacher has gotten other students to intimidate her son.

"We had another child who slapped him, the second day, and then another child after that, who slapped him the other day. They say they're hitting him because because he told and that he got their teacher taken away," she said.

Teacher Felix Tyre never returned our phone calls today asking for his side of the story. And the assistant superintendent of human resources, Jimmy Barker, also did not return our calls. That's important because Veronica McDaniel says those two men are friends and she thinks Tyre is getting special treatment.

There's one more battle ahead: Mrs. McDaniel says another teacher, Sheila Williams, also saw the fight and supports her son.

School superintendent Carlinda Purcell also declined comment after the regularly scheduled school board meeting last night, saying Tyre's suspension is a personnel matter.

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I am so glad my youngest is in the last year of school.

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But a Montgomery mother says her fifteen year old special needs son is a victim twice over; once when a teacher hit him with a broom stick, and a second time as the target of intimidation.

If Hillary had been this kid's teacher, we could charge her with vehicular assault.

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claimed teacher Felix Tyre hit her son in the head with a broomstick

Witch disguised as a school teacher

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But a Montgomery mother says her fifteen year old special needs son is a victim twice over; once when a teacher hit him with a broom stick, and a second time as the target of intimidation.

Make that 3 times victim. has a mother that can't control her son!

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In a HS shop class in 1979 in which I was enrolled,two boys got into a scuffle over who was going to use the jointer next. The jointer was running at the time. Our teacher picked up a broom and whacked the closest boy to brake up the impending fight. It cut the ear lobe of the young man. The teacher disciplined each of the boys after giving first aid to the young man struck by the broom.

The next day the boys mother shows up at school wanting a pound of flesh. The principal, mother, son and teacher walk into the shop. The teacher turns on the machine they were about to fight over and describes the situation and asks the student if he fairly described the situation. The students answered yes and the mother apologized and thanked the teacher for whacking her son.

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In a HS shop class in 1979

We are contemporaries. Yeah, that was pretty much the end of the era for allowing teachers to discipline their classes.

I read these Gen X/Millenial ping items from time to time and it amazes me how coddled they were/are.

Now that they are out there, they are getting their asses kicked when they find out not everyone gets a ribbon for competing. That someone has to be better in a a capitalist system. That "self-Esteem" is pretty meaningless and that we learn by losing.

It is so sad that teaching was taken over by the losers who promised there won't ever be losers again and that parents abdicated their responsibility to allow their kids to fail.

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I guess I am one of those losers you are speaking of.

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If Hillary had been this kid's teacher, we could charge her with vehicular assault.

Ha! If Hillary had been this kid's teacher, odds are this story would have never seen the light of day.