A US public school teacher in the southwestern state of Colorado has reportedly assaulted a student for refusing to stand in class during the daily routine of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag.
A spokesman for the state’s Boulder Valley School District said a physical education teacher at Angevine Middle School, identified as Karen Smith, was placed on paid administrative leave following the reported assault, local media outlets reported Friday.
Lafayette City Police Commander Brian Rosipajla confirmed that officers responded to the school around noon time on Thursday and are investigating a report of a teacher assaulting a child for refusing to stand for the pledge.
This is while the spokesman noted that it is the practice of the Boulder Valley School District to allow students to sit or stand during the recitation of the pledge. He further underlined that he was neither confirming nor denying that the incident…