Report: Girl, 11, suspended after she recorded teacher bullying another student

[d_legendary1]

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - A Samuel Gaines Academy student was suspended this week after she says she was trying to defend a classmate.

Brianna Cooper, 11, says she took an audio recording in class of what she says depicted her teacher bullying a student.

Instead of receiving praise, Cooper says she was suspended for five days when the school said her video was illegal.

"I thought I did the right thing, but I guess I just got suspended," Cooper said.

Cooper says one of her science teachers was being mean to a student, so she took out her cellphone and started recording her teacher.

In the recording, Cooper says you hear the teacher say, "Don't let size fool you. I will drop you….You don't know me, that's all I'm saying. So, don't give me no look."

http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/student-suspended-after-she-says-she-recorded-video-of-teacher-bullying-student

[uppityperson]

1. Next story @ link says the teacher was fired. Good.

http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/teacher-fired-after-student-records-comments-st-lucie-county-school-district-says

A Samuel Gaines Academy teacher in Fort Pierce has been fired after a student recorded the teacher whom she says was being mean to another student.
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The St. Lucie County School District released this statement this afternoon:

"The staff at Sam Gaines Academy investigated the incident involving unprofessional behavior by the teacher and took swift, appropriate action. The teacher was dismissed and no longer works for the school system."

Cooper was suspended for five days for making the recording which the school said was illegal. ...(a little more @ link)

[d_legendary1]

2. Nice!

But what happens to the little girl?

[uppityperson]

3. She got the suspension, parents are trying to get it removed from her record.

Not that a grade school record means anything, but the principle of the thing I guess.

[d_legendary1]

4. I hope it means nothing

Never know when stuff like this comes up.