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An eighth-grade math teacher at Atherton's Selby Lane School rattled a table to get his students' attention Tuesday afternoon, police said.
He succeeded on that score.
But the demonstration landed him on paid administrative leave.
Officers went to the campus at 2:26 p.m. to check on reports of a teacher causing a disturbance in a classroom and possibly throwing objects, said Sgt. Tim Lynch of the Atherton Police Department. When officers arrived, however, they found a calm teacher with class in session and determined nothing had been thrown.
Lynch said it appears the teacher's table-rattling act startled a female student who left the class and called police from a cell phone.
"My impression by talking to her was that she was disturbed by what the teacher was doing," Lynch said.
Most of the students in the class weren't bothered by the teacher's actions, Lynch said. Though the teacher "dramatically" made his point, "it wasn't a teacher out of control," he added.
Student calls police after Atherton math teacher rattles table - San Jose Mercury News
apparently this is a low crime area...wtf.....a whining student calls the police...
He succeeded on that score.
But the demonstration landed him on paid administrative leave.
Officers went to the campus at 2:26 p.m. to check on reports of a teacher causing a disturbance in a classroom and possibly throwing objects, said Sgt. Tim Lynch of the Atherton Police Department. When officers arrived, however, they found a calm teacher with class in session and determined nothing had been thrown.
Lynch said it appears the teacher's table-rattling act startled a female student who left the class and called police from a cell phone.
"My impression by talking to her was that she was disturbed by what the teacher was doing," Lynch said.
Most of the students in the class weren't bothered by the teacher's actions, Lynch said. Though the teacher "dramatically" made his point, "it wasn't a teacher out of control," he added.
Student calls police after Atherton math teacher rattles table - San Jose Mercury News
apparently this is a low crime area...wtf.....a whining student calls the police...