Posted on 10/08/2021 11:34:01 AM PDT by lightman
The father of a Beachwood Elementary School student who had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 initially refused take his son home to continue classes while quarantining and angrily shouted at school staff after being called by the school nurse, authorities in the New Jersey community said.
John Wehrle eventually took the boy from school after being told by the police school resource officer that the Division of Child Protection and Permanency would have to be notified if the student didn’t leave, Beachwood police said in a statement.
In a phone interview Friday morning, Wehrle said that he never shouted at or cursed the school nurse or any other employees. He also denied that he said he wouldn’t pick up his son, who is in kindergarten.
“I wasn’t screaming, I wasn’t yelling, I didn’t force my way in,” Wehrle said, who added he simply wanted to ask some questions about the circumstances that led his son to be a close contact.
Wehrle said he spent only 11 minutes on school property — arriving at 10:22 a.m. and departing at 10:33 a.m.
The incident unfolded when the Wehrle, who police described as “irate,” came to the school after being called by the nurse, police said. His son had been in close contact with another student who had tested positive for COVID-19 and would have to quarantine while continuing classes virtually, the nurse told the dad, according to police.
Wehrle instead told the nurse that he wouldn’t take the boy home, but would stop by the building “to get some answers,” according to police.
Minutes later, he entered the school Wednesday by following contractors who had been buzzed into the building, police said.
Once inside, he began screaming at employees and repeatedly saying he wouldn’t sign out his son, police said. Classes were in session at the time, police said.
Wehrle told a different story, saying he only poked his head inside after no one responded for a couple of minutes when he tried to get buzzed into the building, which he noted was not locked. The father said a school employee then asked him how she could help him.
He added that he only spoke in person with workers in the main office, noting that the nurse’s office is in a different part of the building.
Wehrle said no one at the school would answer any questions for him, but he learned that one one other student besides his son was instructed to quarantine.
“I (said I) would like some information on where it happened, when it happened and how it happened so I can judge for myself if he was just on the playground and gave the kid a high five or if this is a kid he sits next in class every day and it’s a high risk,” Wehrle said. “How can you determine the exposure — and they wouldn’t answer me.”
Wehrle provided a video clip to NJ Advance Media that he recorded outside the doors of the school showing part of his interaction with the school resource officer. While he and the police officer both raise their voices, Wehrle was not yelling in the short clip.
The nurse later told police she was “repeatedly interrupted and talked over by (the father) while she was trying to give him information on his child’s situation.” He eventually had to be escorted from the school.
“They also advised that he was irate and screaming once inside the office causing a disturbance inside of the school while school was in session,” according to police. “He shouted loudly that he was not taking his son out of the school. The employees, who were visibly shaken, advised that it took one of the male contractors to escort (the father) outside of the building.”
Beachwood Elementary School is part of the Toms River Regional school district, where 561 students and 16 staff members are quarantined as of 7 a.m. Friday. Officials say 271 students and 36 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year last month. Not all of those cases are active.
The district enrolls about 15,500 students.
Police also implored the public not to take out their anger on school workers following orders.
“We remind the public that the Beachwood Police Department and Toms River School System must adhere to the (executive orders) issued by Governor (Phil) Murphy and the rules that govern them,” police said. “We please ask that you remain patient through this difficult time for all of us. We understand the frustrations many of you have with the rules that are currently in place but we as a department, school district, and parents must work together to navigate through this difficult time.”
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NJ ping.
The left isn’t scared of anyone or concerned for anyone who disagrees with them. Deal with it, people.
Garland to dispatch fbi swat team
But you certainly are scared of the left.
I suspect if you raise your voice, it is called screaming.
Plenty of PS Karens that will get triggered by a raised eyebrow.
Take them out and don’t send them back. This is psychological torture.
“But you certainly are scared of the left.”
Yup, there are a whole lot of wimps on FR now. Hand wringers with their panties in a wad is what they are.
Worst case of terrorism since January 6.
Can you imagine those people at valley forge or standing on the bank of the Delaware river?
“NO general Washington! There are too many of them. We are doooooomed. Let’s go run and hide instead.”
There is only one really effective way to deal with the Domestic Enemy Left
Exterminate them.
left
“irate”
In the post-constitutional USA “irate” means you are a domestic terrorist and will be investigated by the fbi, the one that used to go after big mob bosses but now goes after moms.
He refused to act like a submissive, compliant sheep. And THAT is the biggest infraction possible today. A non-White killing someone - that’s OK. Raging hordes of criminals burning down center cities - That’s OK. Speaking with force and determination to your mastere - now THAT’s a major crime today.
The covid crisis was supposed to turn us all into whimpering, compliant servants. The ones who resisted have been identified, and biden’s Stasi will be paying them a visit.
Let’s Go Brandon!
The school nurse told my daughter my granddaughter needed to be tested because she wasn’t feeling well. (She is 10 yrs old) My daughter refused because the test is unreliable. Nurse said to take her to the doctor. My daughter said she isn’t taking her to see a doc over a cold.
The nurse told her if she refuses both, her daughter cannot come back to school for 10 days along with her other 2 kids unless they move out for the 10 days.
The other 2 kids are staying with their dad for 10 days, my daughter is homeschooling the youngest now and is thinking of homeschooling all her kids.
Saying my daughter is pissed is an understatement. She told me she misses Trump.
Homeschool all 3 !!
Homeschooling actually helps children and teens learn much more than the public schools. Better SATs, ACTs, more college acceptances, etc.
And it gives you and your wife more time with your children.
Pretty much the only thing the left will understand.
” The employees, who were visibly shaken, advised that it took one of the male contractors to escort (the father) outside of the building.””
Always a white knight ready to simp.
Yep! Time for parents to either band together against the schools or take there kids out of public government schooling.
I prefer people just pull their kids out. My son did this in their teen years and said the best decision he made for his kids ever.
Yes your right about having your kids learn from home. My grand girls were pulled out in their teenyears the change in the home and the girls was notable....and the girls loved it!
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