Caddo Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrest a substitute P.E. teacher; accused of paying students to bully a classmate. CPSO spokesperson Bia Rolden says detectives became aware of the allegations against 24-year-old Aadrina Smith, of an incident that happened in late August.
“They were informed – by the school actually – that the substitute P.E. teacher encouraged other students to push down or tackle a classmate in exchange for money,” Rolden says.
Smith allegedly paid the five students $5 each to attack their classmate in the gym at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of them actually carried out the request. She says Smith was present and offered the bullied child no help or support.
“That student was left on the ground, while the teacher appeared to congratulate these students after this happened.”
Rolden says once school officials became aware of what happened, they alerted the sheriff’s office who began an investigation. Rolden says it is shocking for a teacher to be a part of school bullying…
“It is definitely not the kind of thing that you would expect happening in a school. But, thankfully, people took action and somebody said something.”
Smith has been terminated and is now charged with 5 counts of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles and malfeasance. Rolden says more arrests may be coming.
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