Kansas City Teacher Suspended For Alledgedly Choking Student

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City teacher has been suspended for allegedly doing something that would terrify any parent.Cheri Pennel is accused of choking six-year-old Amir Henderson at Border Star Elementary School.The first grader was putting chairs on top of the desk at the end of the school day, but one chair kept falling off.

His parents said the teacher thought their son was doing it on purpose.

That’s when, the boy says, she started choking him.

Amir’s father, Langa Henderson, told KCTV5 News, “There’s nothing, in my mind, that my son could do that would warrant putting your hands on him.”

Cynthia Wheeler-Linden, KCMO School District, said, “There is no justification. Those who have children understand it can be overwhelming, but that’s when it’s time to back off.”

Pennel was cited with a municipal charge of mistreatment and abuse of a child.

Source: StolenStories.com