Middle School Teacher accused of assaulting student over pledge to flag

[sunonmars]

https://apnews.com/44bc11addd52476baeb1c64b92017068

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — Police say they’re investigating an allegation that a Colorado middle school teacher assaulted a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

KUSA-TV reports the teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave while officers look into the alleged incident, which occurred Thursday at Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) north of downtown Denver.

Police did not give details about the nature of the alleged assault.


Boulder Valley School District spokesman Randy Barber says district policy allows students to stand or sit for the flag pledge.

Barber identified the teacher as Karen Smith, a 20-year employee of the district who teaches physical education. No phone number could be found for her.

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Wanna bet she is some Trumpian Eva Braun......

[Initech]

1. The Trump / Fox cult effect at work.

[gibraltar72]

2. I have not said or stood for pledge

in many many years. It is witnessing or telling a lie. I do hope some day there will be justice for all. But today and the foreseeable future is not today. Many years ago my daughter asked why I didn't I explained how I felt about it. My daughter who is now a school teacher apparently listened to her dad. In middle school a teacher reported her to her principal for not saying the pledge. The principal told the teacher he was pretty sure my daughter was gonna turn out alright.

[Laffy Kat]

3. This is my town.

The situation disgusts me. I hope she is punished to the fullest extent. As a tax-payer, I sincerely hope the parents don't sue the district, but wouldn't blame them if they did.