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Texas Teacher Ordered Kids To Hit 'Bully,' School Says



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Amy Neely teacher son bully beat up

SAN ANTONIO -- A Texas teacher will lose her job after ordering more than 20 kindergartners to line up and hit a classmate accused of being a bully, a district spokesman said Friday.

The teacher at a suburban San Antonio school is accused of orchestrating the slugfest after a younger teaching colleague went to her last month seeking suggestions on how to discipline the 6-year-old, according to a police report from the Judson Independent School District.

Both teachers at Salinas Elementary were placed on paid administrative leave, though the one who allegedly arranged the punishment will not work for the district next school year, said district spokesman Steve Linscomb. Prosecutors are reviewing the allegations and will determine whether formal charges will be filed in 30 to 60 days.

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The police report alleges that the teacher chose to show the child "why bullying is bad" by instructing his peers to "Hit him!" and "Hit him harder!" It also states that the second teacher intervened only after one of the children hit the boy hard on his upper back.

"Twenty-four of those kids hit him and he said that most of them hit him twice," Amy Neely, the mother of 6-year-old Aiden, told KENS-TV. She did not specify what injuries her son may have received.

Neely (pictured above) said her son is not a problem child and that this was the first she'd heard of teachers having issues with him. She said she wants to make sure the teacher who ordered the hitting does not work in a classroom again.

"She doesn't need to be around any children," Neely told the television station.

The mother added -- and the police report confirmed -- that some of Aiden's classroom friends told him that they didn't want to hit the boy but did so because they were afraid not to.

She said she learned about what happened to her son after a teacher who witnessed the incident and intervened went on to report it two weeks later. Linscomb said Neely filed an official oppression complaint against the teachers with the district police department earlier this week.

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A message left by The Associated Press with Neely was not immediately returned Friday afternoon.

Linscomb said other students had perceived the boy as being a bully. That's when the teacher went with her students to a nearby classroom and sought disciplinary advice from her colleague, he said.

The district placed both teachers on paid administrative leave and launched an investigation on May 18. District officials have not released the names of either teacher. The one who asked for help disciplining the boy -- and then waited to report the incident after witnessing it -- was reprimanded.

"We can't have teachers acting like a loose cannon," Linscomb said of the teacher who orchestrated the hitting incident. "Doing something that's this far off the charts, doing what they feel like is teaching (students) a lesson; we're not going to tolerate that."





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Shaira Leah Gomez

Bullying issues have come to a great rise nowadays and as parents, we are the first ones to take responsibility in helping our kids avoid becoming a potential bully or worse a victim of a bully. I am a parent and I'm worried and I don't want that any kid will experience this again. As a way of helping everyone especially the parents, who find it quite hard to manage time, I found this great application which featured a safety app which gets me connected to a Safety Network or escalate my call to the nearest 911 when needed, it has other cool features that are helpful for your kids with just a press of a Panic Button. Check it here: http://www.SafeKidZone.com/

December 02 2012 at 7:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Josh Deloit

I partially understand the logic of the teacher, and what she was trying to get across. But these kids are in kindergarten and that should not have happened. If any of you guys know of bullying problems around you, visit BULLYFIGHT.COM to learn about alternative ways bullies can release their anger/emotions. Please share if you care about getting rid of bullying issues.

August 08 2012 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ellengraye

I'd also like to use a baseball bat and stand in line to hit the bully so he'd never do it again.The parent is typically oblivious to what their so-called little angel is doing and there are no consequences for the brat. I was constantly bullied by someone who continues to bully as an adult. If only he had gotten a taste of his own medicine as a boy, he might hesitate due tio possible blowback. Read the book "We need to talk about Kevin" to see what happens when people blind themselves about bullies.

June 24 2012 at 5:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
smaialy.davis

So I like how everybody's saying "the teacher did the right thing" just because they used the label "bully" on the poor kid, when all he did was skip the queue if you look in further detail. Not only that, but what she did is absolutely illegal in the state. Not only THAT, but forcing other children to hit people (something they did not want to do, but that she intimidated them into doing) is not good for the child being hit, or the children hitting the child. Tards.

June 23 2012 at 3:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jrodriguez904

The bully gets bullied. Now what?

June 21 2012 at 3:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dissertation Jim

Such teachers should not be fired right away!!

June 20 2012 at 2:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tlc12078

I am sorry, but I hear "my child would never do that." Really parents, you think that, are you that blind? I think what the teacher did was wrong. The teacher should of had the kid expelled or something, but maybe this will teach the kid never to bully others, gotta nip it in the butt while they are young. And yes jdupont36, you always here not my little boy/girl. Talk about a naive parent. And to the parent, give me a break lady, ANY CHILD, can be up to know good.

June 18 2012 at 10:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jdupont36

If the mother in question was paying attention she would have seen her kid was a bully and taken care of it her self.
But, like most parents.......not my little angel.
Well, the kid got what he sowed,
Maybe he even learned a lesson.

June 18 2012 at 9:59 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Paul Dmitri

This reminds me with the campaign supported by NOW (National Organization of Women),boys are stupid throw rocks at them.
trivializing the pain of boys is extremely inhumane.

June 18 2012 at 9:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
closetohomephoto

wow. I can't believe all of the disgusting comments on here from grown adults advocating the beating of a 6 year old child. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. This doesn't teach the kid not to be a bully. This in fact, teaches all the other children that it's okay to go around hitting people. You guys are so judgemental. You don't know this family, you don't know this child, you don't know the extent to which he himself was bullying. Some of you, apparently grown adults, are ranting on in anger about how the mother and son should be slapped. Get a grip on yourselves and act like the adults you should be.

June 18 2012 at 9:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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kenb11116

maybe this doesn't teach a kid not to be a bully, but it teaches kids how NOT to be bullied

June 18 2012 at 10:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Trish

no, it teaches them to gang up on one child

June 19 2012 at 3:45 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down
porsch451

I agree close!! WTH this is a six year old.. so very mad after reading this and what has been posted.. better walk away before i get banned

June 18 2012 at 10:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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