>> NEW TONIGHT, THE STEPS ATTORNEYS ARE TAKING TO FIND JUSTICE PERSHING COOLER
ROBINSON. YOU'RE WATCHING
EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10. ONLY ON
9. WE'RE HEARING FROM A CMS
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO SAYS 2
STUDENTS ATTACKED ARE IN THE
CLASSROOM.
>> TO JUMP BEHIND ME AND WAS
CHOKING ME BACK. YOU PUT THEM
IN MY NECK AND PULLED IN.
I HAVE.
WELL, THIS HAPPENED WEDNESDAY
AT TURNING POINT ACADEMY THAT
SOPHOMORES CHAPEL ROAD.
>> ALSO, IT'S LOCATED IN WEST
CHARLOTTE, ONLY CHANNEL 2 AND
CHANNEL NINE'S JONATHAN LOWE
SPOKE TO THAT TEACHER TONIGHT.
AND JONATHAN TURNING POINT'S
MISSION IS TO HELP STUDENTS
FIX BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. THAT
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SCOTT TURNING
POINT ACADEMY, IT'S THE
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
WHERE STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED.
>> WHEN THEY ARE REMOVED FROM
THE SHIP, TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
SETTING WITH THAT SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER TOLD ME SHE NO LONGER
BELIEVES IT'S FULFILLING ITS
MISSION OF REDIRECT. THE
STUDENT BEHAVIOR. WE'RE HORTON
SAYS SHE WAS SIMPLY REQUIRING
STUDENTS FOLLOW THE RULES.
>> SO THEY'RE OF HORTON BACK
THAT, WHICH IS ME HORN A FUN.
AND I NOTICED ASIDE AND GET
AWAY, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
SHE SAYS SHE NEVER IMAGINED
WHEN SHE STARTED SUBSTITUTE
TEACHING AT CMS ALTERNATIVE
HIGH SCHOOL. TURNING POINT THIS
PAST DECEMBER THAT IT WOULD
LEAD TO INJURIES TO HER HEAD
NECK AND I NEED TO GET ABOUT
BABY IN A SHIP THAT'S COOL
DOWN.
BECAUSE THAT'S MY SNEAK A GUN.
AND THEN 80'S WEDNESDAY,
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS
CONFIRMED 2 STUDENTS ATTACKED
HER HORTON SAYS THEY WERE 16
17 YEAR-OLDS. I SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT, YOU NEED TO TAKE OFF.
YOU COULD OKAY. ALL YOU NEED
BECAUSE THIS POLICY, THEY'RE
NOT POWS AND COULD YOU DON'T
SUPPOSE HAVE HAD HIS OWN.
SHE SAYS A BEHAVIOR
MODIFICATION TECHNICIAN,
SOMEONE TRAINED IN MANAGING
STUDENT BEHAVIOR WAS ALSO IN
THE ROOM. THE BMT JUMPED UP IN
MY FACE AND SAY, HOLD UP,
MS HOLLAND. YEAH, ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, AIR ABOUT IT AND YOU
KNOW, IN A BIAS, NO, AS SHE
WALKS WITHOUT ALL THE TIME WITH
NO WARNING. THAT'S WHEN HORTON
SAYS ONE OF THE GIRLS CHARGED
TOWARDS HER. SHE SAYS THE OTHER
GIRL CAME FROM BEHIND AND
PULLED HER TO THE GROUND AND
WE'VE SEEN NOT GOING DOWN.
THAT'S WHEN OF WHAT GOT HOT
ALL HANDS ON ME. AND SHE JUMPED
BEHIND ME AND WAS CHOKING ME
BACK. YOU PUT ME ON MY NECK
AND PULLED IN. I HAVE. AND
THAT'S WHEN THEY WENT TO STOP
BEATING ME. THE 57 YEAR-OLD
WOMAN WHO RECENTLY GOT A KNEE
REPLACEMENT DESCRIBES BEING
PUNCHED AND KICKED IN HER HAIR,
GETTING PULLED ALL THE WHILE.
SHE SAYS THE BMT ASSOCIATE WAS
IN THE ROOM. WHAT I'M TRYING TO
GET MYSELF UP OUT OF THAT
POSITION AS THOMPSON AND
WITHOUT AN ACCUSER, ROMNEY LIKE
THAT TO TRY TO GET UP AND PULL
UP. ONLY NOTHING. WHERE WITH
THAT MAN, THE BMT. WHERE WAS
HE? COULD YOU SEE? YOU KNOW,
WHEN I SEE HIM NOWHERE DIDN'T
HEAR HIM. DIDN'T SEE HIM
NOWHERE. SHE SAYS ANOTHER BMT
FROM ANOTHER PART OF CAMPUS RAN
TO HER RESCUE AND FORCED THE
GIRLS OFF OF HER. AND AND JUST
OF THE STUDENT HANGS OUT WITH
THEM SAYING THAT.
>> YOU CAN PICK UP ONE YEAR
LOCKS THAT THEY PULL IT OUT
BECAUSE YOU DON'T. YOU JUST GOT
BE BACK TO STUDENTS.
>> HORTON SAYS NO ONE OFFERED
TO CALL MEDIC OR TAKE HER TO
THE HOSPITAL. HER DAUGHTER
VAUGHN RUSHED TO CAMPUS AND
TOOK HER.
>> I'M HURT THAT I DIDN'T
HAPPEN. HOW THE NO SUPPORT.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT
GOOD TO TURNING POINT. I DON'T
SO.
AND IN A TIME OF PEACE, A SON
FOR 7 E AND GAVE IT TO HIM.
>> HORTON STARTER NOW FORBIDS
HER OWN MOTHER FROM RETURNING
TO THE SCHOOL. HORTON SAYS
SHE'S NOT ARGUING WITH THAT.
THEY NEED HELP. THEY NEED MORE
SUPPORT OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
AT THE SCHOOLS THAT IN THESE
ROLES, THEY NEED BETTER
TRAINING.
IT'S EMS CONFIRMS THAT BOTH OF
THE TEENAGERS THAT WERE
ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THIS
ASSAULT HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT IN THIS AS WELL AS
DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
>> NOW WE'RE HORTON TELLS ME
CURRENTLY THERE IS NO DEDICATED
PRINCIPAL AT TURNING POINT AND
THAT THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IS
IN CHARGE. THAT ASSAULT IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANTIME,
I AM IN TOUCH WITH CMS
OFFICIALS ABOUT SAFETY AND
SECURITY ISSUES AT TURNING
POINT. AND WHEN I GET AN
UPDATE, I WILL BE SURE TO LET
YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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