With the school year almost over (well, for some) tensions in schools are historically pretty high. Kids just can't wait to get out and teachers, well, can't wait for them to go. But the school year apparently didn't end soon enough for for one teacher in the Bronx, who allegedly slipped off his belt and beat a student or two yesterday.
Pedro Molano, a 54-year-old elementary school teacher at Benjamin Franklin Public School 55, yesterday came across two fighting students at his school, and had apparently had enough. In the process of breaking up their fight he reportedly slipped off his belt and struck both children.
One student was left with "scrapes on his face" but nobody was seriously hurt. Molano has been charged with two counts of assault and has been reassigned from the school.
