Teen left bloodied after beating at school

A devastated mother is demanding justice after her teenage son was beaten, allegedly by the vice principal of his school, leaving him with broken teeth, a swollen face, and deep emotional scars.

According to the mother, the incident started last Wednesday when the administrator instructed her son to pull up his pants.

"Him say him pull up him pants, but the VP drape him up and chuck him inna di wall.

When he questioned why, the administrator allegedly ordered him to drop the pen he was holding. The boy, 16, reportedly tossed the pen into a nearby bin, but then the vice principal allegedly struck him on the arm with a microphone.

Shocked by the hit, the boy retaliated.

"Him say him lick the VP inna him belly, and from him do that, the VP start thump him inna him face and a so him burst him eye top, blood him up," the distraught mother said.

The mother described the gut-wrenching moment she saw her son, bloodied and in pain.

"When mi see mi pickney a come, blood up, mi heart full till mi couldn't even cry. Mi haffi meet him part way pon di road. Mi stand up and look pon him and di buss inna him face," she said.

The mother said an X-ray has revealed her son suffered broken teeth. She has sought to have the matter addressed by the school but said she has been met with resistance.

"When mi go back down there, dem tell mi them never hit him, dem just restrain him," the mother said.

She said the school has offered to cover the costs of the doctor visit and medication but said it would have to consult the board on the matter of the dental costs.

WARRANT OUT

She was further distressed to learn that there was a warrant out for her son's arrest.

"From Saturday dem sah dem have a warrant out fi him, so mi take him in Monday, and the officer weh fi lock him up never deh deh. Dem tell mi come back, and when mi go back yesterday, the officer advise mi fi go back to the school and try resolve it," said the mother.

She admitted that her son has had disciplinary issues, but insists that nothing justifies a beating of this magnitude.

"Di first time mi hear seh him and some pickney have pill - dem nuh know what kind - but it pass from hand to hand till it reach di teacher. Second time, dem find him wid tobacco, and di drug test show him have drugs inna him system, so him get suspended. Mi go back wid him after, and him resume school."

Still, she believes that educators should mentor and guide students - not assault them.

"Him listen when people talk to him. Him a teenage boy, but him nuh deserve dat kinda beating," the mother lamented.

THE STAR contacted the principal of the school who indicated that she would not comment on the matter, only saying "If it's a matter for the courts the courts will handle it."

In the meantime, the mother is now begging the Ministry of Education to intervene and help her son get a fresh start at another school.