Published: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Mother wants teacher sued
Clapping hands triggered the alleged assault, according to a police report.
STRUTHERS — The mother of a Struthers Middle School pupil said she intends to pursue charges against a substitute teacher accused of assaulting her 15-year-old son.
The boy was on his way to the bathroom between classes Thursday when a man he recognized as his substitute math teacher advanced on him, police said.
According to a police report, the teacher grabbed him by his shirt, pushed him against a wall, and said, "I have the right to beat your ass." The incident was spurred when the boy began clapping his hands, the report said.
The boy was not injured but was shaken up, said his mother, Marietta Foley, 37, of Youngstown.
Foley was informed of the incident by her son Thursday evening. She met with Principal Sandy Mislevy, the substitute teacher and Struthers police Friday.
School officials mum
The substitute teacher, a 47-year-old Poland resident, was escorted from the building after the meeting, Foley said. Mislevy and Struthers City School District Superintendent Sandra DiBacco refused to comment on the issue or verify that the teacher had been sent home.
Foley said she was disappointed school administrators did not contact her regarding the incident. It is ironic, she said, that she had enrolled him as part of Struthers' open-enrollment program believing he would be safer than at Youngstown schools.
"They call me every time he does something wrong," she said. "For them to not even call and say anything about it — that made me mad."
She said she has a meeting with the city prosecutor today.
"I'd hate to see it happen somewhere else," she said. "He has a hard enough time in school already."
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