Articles labeled: elementary school

While we agree on some level and don’t think the kid needs jail time, something needs to be done. Because if you have a 10-year-old girl beating up another kid so badly cops label it “aggravated assault”, there’s nowhere to go but down unless she gets some intervention.

A 10-year-old girl accused of brutally attacking another girl on a playground is too emotionally immature to understand the criminal charges against her and they should be dismissed, a public defender said.

The 10-year-old and another girl, 11, face charges including aggravated assault for the attack on another 10-year-old girl in an elementary school playground the evening of April 3. The girls are accused of stomping on the victim and breaking her hip, police said.

Erie County Public Defender Tony Logue says he will ask a Juvenile Court judge to dismiss criminal charges against the 10-year-old girl.

“How can my attorney effectively communicate with his clients given the client’s chronological age versus emotional age?” Logue said.

We caused our substitute teachers some grief back in the day (and we still feel guilty about it), but it usually just involved smartass comments and spitball throwing. But the kids at the Robert K. Fulton Public School in Cleveland are hard core:

Witnesses tell Fox 8 News, the trouble started when [substitute teacher Laura] Fritz attempted to refer several students to the principal’s office for misbehavior.

They responded by throwing objects at the teacher and soon other students joined in.

“The class became disorderly, unruly and once the injury happened to the teacher, a number of other students began to act out.” said Cleveland Schools Police Chief Lester Fultz.

“They were just throwing stuff, they hit the teacher with the marker, the papers were flying around, everything, it was terrible.” said a student who witnessed the riot.

According to Cleveland Police Lt. Thomas Stacho, 18 students were arrested for the incident, three were charged.

By the way, these were 7th GRADE STUDENTS. Gah! Paging Tom Berenger!