Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

I saw the video. Honestly, I didn't think the guy was that far out of line. The kid was making a run for it...where was he going to go? Down the street? Should he have let the kid keep running, and what about the rest of class, who presumably were left unattended while the teacher had to chase down this little fella, who obviously lacked discipline at home.

I dunno, I just think sometimes you have to give the teachers a little leeway, and, as stated, I wasn't all that troubled by his actions.

 

Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

He was a little rough from what is selectively shown in the video but give me a break, if he didn't go grab him, there'd be a story about the bad teacher who let a kid run out of school and get hit by a bus.

 

Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

, if he didn't go grab him, there'd be a story about the bad teacher who let a kid run out of school and get hit by a bus.

:dito:

I saw the video. Honestly, I didn't think the guy was that far out of line. The kid was making a run for it...where was he going to go? Down the street? Should he have let the kid keep running, and what about the rest of class, who presumably were left unattended while the teacher had to chase down this little fella, who obviously lacked discipline at home.

I dunno, I just think sometimes you have to give the teachers a little leeway, and, as stated, I wasn't all that troubled by his actions.

:dito:

 

Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

Oh yeah...and did you notice how the police chief there tucked it to the guy on television right away. It looked to me like that teacher's aide was controlling that kid in the only way he could.

 

Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

It looked to me like that teacher's aide was controlling that kid in the only way he could.

+1

 

Re: Lawrence Teacher Accused Of Assaulting 1st Grader

Kids in school have no respect at all anymore. I am happy to see a teacher stand up for something, when it seems like no one else has the nuggets to. I wonder if they would have fired him if he just let the little bastard run out of the school completely, which was what was happening next if this guy didn't grab him, according to their surveillance cameras.

 

Douglas Tracia is found guilty of reckless assault and battery of a student on March 13, 2008. WBZ

LAWRENCE, Mass. (WBZ) ― After deliberating for five hours Thursday, a jury found a substitute teacher guilty of reckless assault and battery of a first-grade boy.

However, the jury found Douglas Tracia not guilty of intentional assault and battery.

The jury was shown surveillance video of Tracia grabbing the child and pulling him down the hallway at the South Lawrence East School on May 15, 2007.

The 7-year-old boy had scratches on his neck and his shirt was ripped.

Tracia, 48, had been suspended without pay until the criminal case is resolved.

According to School Resource Officer Paul Rossi, the incident began when the boy ran out of the classroom following a book-throwing altercation with a girl.

Tracia ran after the boy, grabbed him in the hallway and escorted him to the principal's office where administrators noticed the marks on his neck.

Tracia pleaded not-guilty and testified in his own defense at his trial.

He faces two and half years in prison at sentencing.

http://wbztv.com/local/Lawrence.Teacher.guilty.2.676729.html