Incident at Shining Rock results in student injury
According to a police report, the SRO responded to a report of a disorderly student at Shining Rock Classical Academy when he broke that student’s wrist. File photo
A disciplinary incident at Shining Rock Classical Academy last month resulted in a fractured wrist for one student.
According to a police report, just after 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 25, School Resource Officer Bryan Reeves responded to a report of a disorderly student in the hall.
“The teachers were trying to get the student where they needed to be. Officer Reeves went there, as that’s part of his job, whenever the teachers called,” said Head of School Joshua Morgan. “The student began to push into the teacher and became more physical in that regard. He basically at that point escorted the student down the hallway to the office area.”
The event took place on the second floor and Reeves escorted the student down the stairway in order to reach the office suite on the first floor of the school.
“Student gets picked up from school, we wind up getting notified that evening from the parent that the student was injured,” said Morgan. “I reported that to Officer Reeves, he reported that to his supervisors, Waynesville PD came out and did a review of all of our video footage on the 26th and we met with the parents as well and we also developed a plan in conjunction with the parents with the student moving forward.”
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According to the incident report, the student allegedly disrupted the school day and assaulted two teachers but caused no injuries and had no weapon.
The student's parents later confirmed that their child’s wrist was fractured after the incident at Shining Rock Classical Academy. The family filed a complaint with the police department the day after the event occurred.
“We have an attorney at this point and are looking at any and all rights on behalf of our son,” said Amber Kevlin.
This is not the first time that complaints have arisen around disciplinary tactics used at Shining Rock Classical Academy, nor the first time those complaints have included the school resource officer. Last year a parent at SRCA filed an official complaint about discipline at the school with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
“The parent alleges that inappropriate discipline procedures have taken place and that the grievance process has not been followed, among other issues,” Ashley Baquero, director of the Office of Charter Schools at DPI told The Smoky Mountain News at the time.
The complaint that surfaced as part of the investigation with the Office of Charter Schools involved the School Resource Officer, Bryan Reeves, who locked a student in a police car as part of a separate disciplinary incident. The parents of that student also pursued legal action, as well as a grievance process through the school, but ultimately withdrew their child.
