The mother of a Texas fourth grader says his teacher taped him to a chair last week. Now, the school is investigating the claim.
Zye’s arms were not taped down so he used his hands to protect his face, according to his mother, who said another student told her son “he was going to slap him as hard asWill Smithslapped Chris Rock,” KXAS reported.
The Forney Independent School District did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The teacher accused of taping Zye to his chair has reportedly been placed on administrative leave while the Forney ISD Police Department investigates the incident.
But Johnson told NBC News she thinks the teacher should not onlybe fired, but arrested as well.
“She does not need to be teaching anybody’s children,” the Texas mom said, per the report.
The alleged incident occurred after lunchtime, according to the reports. The boy eventually wriggled out of the tape and went to the “cool down” area of his classroom, Johnson said, according to NBC News. He later asked to go to the nurse.
Before leaving the classroom, Charlotte said the teacher approached her son and told him, “You know I was just playing with you.”
Johnson said a school official informed her hours later at the end of the school day.
When the mother asked why a teacher would take such action, she says the school official told her, “He wouldn’t be still,” according to NBC News.
“It really doesn’t matter what he did — you don’t do that to a child,” Johnson told told the outlet. “He’s not an animal. You don’t do that and leave him unattended for students to assault him.”
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“She told the principal she thought it was a joke,” the Texas mom said, per the report. “She told my son she was just playing.”
Zye — who has dwarfism and chronic migraines, according to his mom — returned to school the next day and was placed with a different teacher, NBC News and KDFW reported.
An investigation into last week’s reported incident is ongoing.
source: people.com
