Arkansas teacher accused of making 5-year-old student clean feces out of toilet with hands
An Arkansas school teacher in North Little Rock has been accused of having a kindergarten student pull toilet paper out of a clogged toilet with feces in it with his hands according to ABC 4. The boy’s mother, Ashley Murry, says that her 5-year-old told her about the incident when his teacher at Crystal Hill Elementary School allegedly told him to clean out the toilet with his hands because he had too much toilet paper. Murry says she was shocked when he told her. “This is unacceptable,” she told the news station.
Murry talk with the principal on earlier this week and had her son moved to a different class. Murry said the teacher has apologized, but Murry said she wants more than an apology.
Pulaski County Special School District released a statement Tuesday that they are “actively investigating” and the teacher has been placed on administrative leave.
“Employees across the district work hard every day to create an environment where students feel safe and protected,” the statement says.
The student’s grandmother, Tami Murry, said in a Facebook post that the teacher did it to degrade and belittle him either because he’s Black or she didn’t like him.
“I don’t know if it’s racism or pure dislike for him, but something isn’t right,” the post says.