BRENHAM JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

  

A Brenham Junior High student faces charges after allegedly assaulting a teacher.

Last Friday, School Resource Officer Sierra Newell of the Brenham Police Department, was informed by a teacher at the Junior High, that a student had assaulted her.

Investigation revealed the 13 year old male student assaulted the teacher after the teacher took the student’s cell phone away from him during class.

The student was referred to Washington County Juvenile Probation and Court, taken into custody and charged with Assault of a Public Servant.

The student was transported to the Brazos County Juvenile Detention Facility.

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  1. Kay, you are right on the money! Agree with you totally, in todays society some people think they can’t do anything without that cell phone. I work at a local school and times have changed so much in the last few years. At one time they could only use them at lunch or after school, now its just whenever, some teachers let them use the phone for research although each student has their own chrome book. It is just a crazy world out there. And nobody wants to discipline either.

    1. At the junior high, they are only allowed to use them after school. Not in the classrooms, halls, lunch, or before school. Since they have Chromebooks in most classrooms, teachers are discouraged from allowing any cell phone use at all.

  2. SAD!! When will this generation – and their parents – finally realize that a cell phone does not belong in the classroom. A cell phone – IN THE CLASSROOM – is NOT conducive to the learning environment. IT IS A DISRUPTION AND A HINDRANCE. Evidently it was in this case and in so many others. PARENTS PLEASE HELP IN THIS SITUATION – because it will be YOU who pays fines or has to bail your child out of jail for doing what this child did – all because of a cell phone. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OUT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN CLASSROOM! Too many of the young people cannot even function without a cell phone and that is beyond sad!

    1. It’s not the parents fault for what happened! It’s the child because they choose to act in this manner towards an adult that was in authority at the time. We are so quick to put the blame on the parents and it’s beginning to just be a cop out for the kids.
      The issue about why the kids have phones in the class- it’s because at anytime an emergency could happen or that the kids need them for school in general.
      Please go sit in a classroom and you’ll understand more why the general school systems allow phones in classrooms.
      This is an isolated incident so don’t punish 99% of the kids. We are always gonna have problems everywhere we go but it’s up to us as a society to help those in need and get involved instead of judge without understanding the whole situation. Lastly I think this student sound be charged with assault and get some consultation from a higher resource and not be allowed around other kids or teachers in the school system until he/she completes a behavior course and some close monitoring.

      1. Doubt if a seventh or eighth grader has money to pay for a phone bill. If a child does not respect the teacher, they do not respect the parents either. He has not been taught how to behave in a classroom. Yes, things are bad but I doubt very seriously a phone is needed to make things better. The sad part is that nothing will be done about this situation either. Bet the student gets pardoned before the teacher. Yep!

      2. I did not BLAME not a single parent in this situation. I am in the classroom each day of the school year. EDUCATOR! So, when I say the parents need to take responsibility – first and foremost – for their children and their use cell phones – I say that with PLENTY of experiences where parents actually have reinforced the child’s wrongdoing when it comes to the cell phone in the classroom. Cell Phones are NOT conducive to the learning environment, PERIOD! If I need to get ahold of my child – in an emergency situation, I know the school’s phone number, or here’s a thought -GO TO THE SCHOOL. I know parents who call/ text their child’s cell phone to ask where something is at home. Yea, happens all the time! This is not an isolated incident – trust me! Educators, Principals, Parents and Students battle over cell phones each day. PARENTS – take the lead when it comes to training your child to follow and not break rules.

      3. Where do children learn how to behave and how to treat an adult? In the home. Children need to be more afraid of what will happen at home if they get in trouble at school. My child would never 1. Break school rules 2. Disrespect a teacher for enforcing the rules. She would have to answer to me and that would be sooo bad for her. Wharbwe teach our children at home is what they take out in the world. Why are we placing blame on others rather than the child and why are we sheltering the child from consequences? How would you feel if you were that teacher? Boogles my mind and makes no sense that there is even a discussion about this. Children that do not learn to follow rules and respect authority end up at leagal age facing a judicial system that does not care about anything other than if you follow the law or not. Many young people who are not made to face the consequences of their actions end up in legal trouble. We are not doing our children justice if we make excuses for them and shield them from the consequences of their actions. No good comes of this.

      4. Parents should teach children to respect others, authority, and rules. So it does lie on the parent’s shoulder. This is why there is such a problem in our schools and society.
        I’ve been in the classroom. There is no need for a phone. Go to the office if you need a phone.

  3. If I remember correctly, it will turn out to be the teacher’s fault for for taking the student’s property. Teachers: It is not worth getting attacked over a phone. Just send them out if disruptive or simply ignore them. They are the ones that stay ignorant. I know, not that easy. I taught all my life, but now I can not figure out how I made it. Prayers help a little. Be safe.

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