Special2bme
February 26th, 2009, 11:31 AM
BEAUFORT, S.C. - A science teacher at a South Carolina high school has been suspended after he shot a foam dart at a 14-year-old student.
The Beaufort Gazette reported that 29-year-old Jeffrey Baker is on paid administrative leave from Battery Creek High School for Monday's incident.
A Beaufort County Sheriff's Department report said Baker fired a foam dart from a toy gun toward a group of students who were talking and laughing in his class. The report said after most students quieted down, one girl continued to talk, and Baker fired a dart at her in a "joking manner," hitting her left shoulder.
The report says the girl slapped Baker with the back of her hand. School district officials would not say if she was or will be disciplined.
The report says the girl's mother wants to pursue an assault charge against Baker.
http://savannahnow.com/node/679425
I'm curious to know what your opinion is on the mother wanting to pursue charges. My personal opinion is that is a little to much he is already suspended and it was done in a joking manner.
The Beaufort Gazette reported that 29-year-old Jeffrey Baker is on paid administrative leave from Battery Creek High School for Monday's incident.
A Beaufort County Sheriff's Department report said Baker fired a foam dart from a toy gun toward a group of students who were talking and laughing in his class. The report said after most students quieted down, one girl continued to talk, and Baker fired a dart at her in a "joking manner," hitting her left shoulder.
The report says the girl slapped Baker with the back of her hand. School district officials would not say if she was or will be disciplined.
The report says the girl's mother wants to pursue an assault charge against Baker.
http://savannahnow.com/node/679425
I'm curious to know what your opinion is on the mother wanting to pursue charges. My personal opinion is that is a little to much he is already suspended and it was done in a joking manner.