It’s enough that queer school children face harassment by their peers, but now even straight little boys are being taunted. By their own teachers.
A Bronx charter school is under fire from parents who say a teacher bullied kids — and even forced one child to tell his crush, a girl, that he was gay. According to court papers filed this week, the teacher, Jared Alessandroni, 29, threatened to “out” a straight 9-year-old boy, James Pastrana, to his class at the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts, unless James told his crush he was gay. “I was so humiliated,” said Pastrana, who reluctantly scribbled the false confession in a note to the girl. “It started to spread around the whole class and then everyone wanted to call me gay.” A second lawsuit alleges that Alessandroni twisted an 8-year-old boy’s arm in a school stairwell in 2008 because he didn’t like the way the boy was walking.
The Department of Education reportedly investigated the charges and found no wrongdoing. And if that’s true, great! Also a possibility: There are more than just these two victims.
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NicholasB
sicking i hope that teacher is fired
this happened to me when i was in school but i did nothing
i was harrased daily i hope this teacher is fired and lience to teach is removed
Ogre Magi
WTF: Is the teacher a psycho?
mr
Psycho is exactly what he is! Google him and study who he is then you make the judgment. If he is so innocent why did he resigned?
Chris
That “teacher” needs to be shoved in front of a bus.
Ogre Magi
@mr: I googled Jared Alessandroni and didn’t really find all that much, what did you find?
adman
Dollars to donuts that the teacher is also a paedophile. He didn’t like the way the kid walked, meaning he would PREFER something more suggestive in a 10 year olds’ walk. I just puked a little in my mouth, sorry.