Parent assaults teacher over mask dispute at California elementary school, official says

The parent is no longer allowed on the Sutter Creek Elementary School campus

The parent is no longer allowed on the Sutter Creek Elementary School campus

THIS? BRTA:NYIT TONIGHT, THE DISTRICT IS KEEPING THE NAMES OF THE PARENT AND THE TEACHER TOTALLY CONFIDENTIAL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT STARTS TIRHE INVESTIGATION BUT WE DO KNOW THE ATTACK HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. PARENTS WE TALKED TO TODAY ARE UPSET TH AAT BELOVED TEACHER WAS ASSAULTED. AMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILSIE RECEIVED THIS LETTER TODAY READING -- A PARENT TOOK IT UNPO HIMSELF TO VERBALLY ASSAULT A PRINCIPAL THAT LED TO A SERIOUS PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN HIM AND A TEACHER AS THE TEACHER INTENDEDO T PROTECT THE PRINCIPAL. THE SUPERINTENDENT, RITO GIBSON, SAID THE ATTACK HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHEN THE DAUGHTER OF E TH PARENT WALKED OUT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING WEARING A MASK. >> IT SWA PHYSICAL. THE TEACHER WAS BLEEDING WITH BRUISES ON HIS FACE. BRITTANY: THIS HAPPENED NEARLY AN HOUR AFTER SCHOOL WAS LET OUT SO THERE WERE FEW STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS. >> THINGS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY RAMPING UP. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AM SURPRISED, THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT IS NOT COMPLETELY SURIRPD. BRITTANY: SHE SAYS THE MALE PARENT WAS FRUSTRATED WI TTHHE SCH’S'OL INDOOR MASK REQUIREMENT FOR EVERYONE WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS BUT THE DISTRICT POLICIES SAYS TEACHERS AT HAVE PROVED THEY ARE FULLY VCINATED CAN TAKE THEIR MASKS OFF INDOORS WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT. THE POLICY IS IN LINE WITH THE MASKAN MTE FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HE WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE FELT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT STANDARD RFO STAFF THAN THERE WAS FOR KIDS. BRITTANY: THE TEACHER WAS SENT TOHE T HOSPITAL AND WAS RELEASED LATE LAST NIGHT. >> HE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO MISS THE DAY. HE WAS POSITIVE AND READY TO SPEND HIS DAY WITH THE KIDS. >> WHEITN BLEEDS OUT INTO LOCATIONS WHERE OUR TEACHER -- WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE, THAT IS NOT . BRITTANY: ONE PARENT WE SPOKE TO SAID HE IS CONCERNED. >> YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PARENT THAT TOOK THINGS TOO FAR YESTERDAY? >>STERDAY? CHILL OUT. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. IT IS NOT WORTH THROWING PUNCHES. BRITTANY: THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS VIOLENCE AGAINST ANY STAFF MEMBER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THE PENT IS NO LONGER ALLOWED ON CAMPUS. >> THE HARDEST PART R ME AS A LEADER OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS IS I DON’T FL LIKE EDUCATORS ARE SEEN AS FIRST RESPONDERSND A WE TRULY ARE. WE HAVE KEPT IT TOGETHER AND IT HAS BEEN ROUGH. BRITTA:NY A REPORT WAS MADE WITH SUTTER CREEK PULLEYS AND TONIGHT, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM FOR A COPY OF THE REPORT. THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO TELLS ME THAT SHE IS WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'

Parent assaults teacher over mask dispute at California elementary school, official says

The parent is no longer allowed on the Sutter Creek Elementary School campus

A California elementary school teacher was allegedly assaulted by a parent during an argument over their child having to wear a mask.The incident happened Wednesday on campus, about an hour after the first day of school came to a close at Sutter Creek Elementary School. "The teacher was bleeding," Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson told sister station KCRA. "He had some lacerations on his face, some bruising on his face, and a pretty good knot on the back of his head." Gibson said the male parent verbally assaulted the school's principal when his daughter walked out of a school building wearing a mask. When a male teacher stepped in, the situation escalated and a physical altercation happened, resulting in injuries. The teacher was treated at the hospital and released Wednesday night. According to Gibson, the parent was frustrated with the school's indoor mask requirement for everyone while students are on campus. The district's policy also says teachers who have proved they are fully vaccinated can take off their mask indoors when students are not present. The district's policy is in line with the indoor mask mandate by the state health department. A letter Gibson sent to families said that "assaulting a staff member will never be tolerated on any school campus" and called for people to "take a breath, pause, listen and walk away if necessary." Read the letter to Amador County, California, families about the mask incident here"Remember, we are not the ones making the rules/mandates, we are the ones required to follow/enforce them if we want to keep our doors open and students at school five days a week," the letter said. Gibson said she has received some angry emails since sending out the letter. Parents who spoke with KCRA Thursday on campus said they support the teacher who was assaulted and are upset a parent used violence on a school campus. "When it bleeds out onto and into locations where our children are, that's not okay," one parent said. The superintendent says the parent is not allowed on school property, but the student is. She says a police report was filed with Sutter Creek police, and the district is working with the district attorney's office. "If it's appropriate to press charges, we will do that," Gibson said. "If they tell me it's not appropriate, I will trust them."

SUTTER CREEK, Calif. —

A California elementary school teacher was allegedly assaulted by a parent during an argument over their child having to wear a mask.

The incident happened Wednesday on campus, about an hour after the first day of school came to a close at Sutter Creek Elementary School.

"The teacher was bleeding," Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson told sister station KCRA. "He had some lacerations on his face, some bruising on his face, and a pretty good knot on the back of his head."

Gibson said the male parent verbally assaulted the school's principal when his daughter walked out of a school building wearing a mask. When a male teacher stepped in, the situation escalated and a physical altercation happened, resulting in injuries. The teacher was treated at the hospital and released Wednesday night.

According to Gibson, the parent was frustrated with the school's indoor mask requirement for everyone while students are on campus. The district's policy also says teachers who have proved they are fully vaccinated can take off their mask indoors when students are not present. The district's policy is in line with the indoor mask mandate by the state health department.

A letter Gibson sent to families said that "assaulting a staff member will never be tolerated on any school campus" and called for people to "take a breath, pause, listen and walk away if necessary."

"Remember, we are not the ones making the rules/mandates, we are the ones required to follow/enforce them if we want to keep our doors open and students at school five days a week," the letter said.

Gibson said she has received some angry emails since sending out the letter.

Parents who spoke with KCRA Thursday on campus said they support the teacher who was assaulted and are upset a parent used violence on a school campus.

"When it bleeds out onto and into locations where our children are, that's not okay," one parent said.

The superintendent says the parent is not allowed on school property, but the student is. She says a police report was filed with Sutter Creek police, and the district is working with the district attorney's office.

"If it's appropriate to press charges, we will do that," Gibson said. "If they tell me it's not appropriate, I will trust them."

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