Video After The Jump
A school community is in shock after footage surfaced of a former principal physically attacking 1 of his students.
The video, released Thursday shows an altercation from June 7 at Wolters Elementary School in Fresno, California.
The cafeteria camera captured a 10-year-old student confronting 50-year-old then-principal Brian Vollhardt & pointing a finger in his face.
That was when the principal forcefully shoved the child, knocking him to the ground.
Ann Frank, the boy's guardian who considers him her son, said that Vollhardt had called her & said she should pick the child up, claiming the student had assaulted him. However, the boy told Frank that Vollhardt was the one who struck him.
"You cannot put force to these kids like that," said Frank. "My son is autistic. Any parents seeing this video, they know what I'm feeling right now. My son was pushed with force by this principal who was supposed to protect him."
Children & adolescents with disabilities are more than twice as likely to experience physical, sexual & emotional violence than those without disabilities. Young people with mental illness & cognitive or learning disabilities are especially likely to suffer violence.
Vollhardt resigned & shortly thereafter, he was hired as vice principal at another school which claimed it was unaware of the attack when he was hired. Vollhardt has been placed on leave from his new job.
Vollhardt was charged with willful cruelty to a child on Wednesday.
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Source: Newsweek
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