Whoa Nellie...this hitting close to home...this area is my stomping ground. Gotta keep an eye on this.
I’m not necessarily defending any of these teachers. But you never know everything with these types of reports - like how big/menacing the “kid” is. But getting disciplined for thumping a kid on the head? What would have happened to Mr. Mays, my 7th grade music teacher, who whacked kids on the behind with a ping-pong paddle (with holes drilled through it)? And had them step up to the front of the class and bend over to receive this encouragement!
There is a teacher here who was molesting little boys in the classroom, a counselor reported it, but the administrators didn’t do anything for 6 months! This teacher had been transfered from another school, no doubt for doing the same things there. Bureaucrats don’t really care what is wrong, they just want things to look nice to the outside world. Their motto is “Don’t Make Waves”.