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A 12-year-old boy was suspended from school for hugging his female gym teacher, after she pulled him out from a class activity.
The boy (name withheld in report) was playing dodgeball with his classmates at Forest Grove Middle School in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States, when the teacher gave him a timeout for 鈥済oofing off鈥� with his friends.
He then hugged his teacher and asked to be kept in the game last Friday, Sept. 27, as per Telegram & Gazette on Sunday, Oct. 13.
According to Julie Orozco, the kid鈥檚 foster mom, the teacher did not favor the gesture and had continued on with the class.
After his gym class, the child was invited to the school鈥檚 main office and was told he would receive punishment for hugging his gym teacher. The boy did not take the notice well and was in tears when Orozco picked him up from school that day.
鈥淭he thing he kept saying [afterward] was, 鈥業鈥檓 just so confused,鈥欌�� she said. 鈥溾�業f she didn鈥檛 want me to hug her, why didn鈥檛 she tell me that?鈥欌��
Orozco met with a certain superintendent Maureen Binienda and other district officials on Friday, Oct. 11. The mom said she was told that her son鈥檚 hug was too 鈥渢ight, forceful and aggressive.鈥�
The officials added that her 12-year-old son should have known the gesture was inappropriate. Orozco noted that the school鈥檚 explanation about the incident was inconsistent as the hug was not initially described with such negative remarks.
She also believes that the school may have taken her son鈥檚 race into account when deciding on what to make of the incident. Orozco鈥檚 child was an African American while his teacher was a Caucasian. Binienda did not comment on Orozco鈥檚 claims.
The boy鈥檚 suspension was later trimmed from 10 days to four days, as per report. The offense was also changed from an assault on staff to a general disruption of school violation. Ryan Arcadio/JB
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