Well, this is a First! Randolph Forde, a 10th-grade teacher of Clayton County, GA is accused of putting a hit on a 16yo student.
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- A local teacher was arrested on suspicion of putting a hit on one of his students.
Randolph Forde, a 10th-grade teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School in Clayton County, is accused of trying to persuade another student to kill a 16-year-old boy.
Forde was charged after, officers said, he held up a piece of paper with the alleged victim’s name on it saying he had a hit on him. The student’s mother said her son came home frightened when he found out.
“He says, ‘Ma, you’re not going to believe this but Mr. Forde offered another student money to kill me,’” said mother Marcia Killebrew.
Killebrew told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones that she was shocked when her 16-year-old son told her his substitute math teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School was trying to hire a hit man to kill him.
“I was extremely upset. I called the school at that moment,” said Killebrew.
Killebrew’s attorney said the incident began when Forde called the student out of the classroom one day.
“(Forde) asked him if he was gay,” said attorney Terrance Madden.
Madden said the student became angry at the suggestion and the next day the two had a verbal altercation.
Weeks later, police said, Forde got a Mundy’s Mill student off a school bus and told him he had a hit on someone and needed him to take care of it. Officers said the student asked who it was and Forde said he would let him know.
“The teacher held a piece of paper up with the victim’s name on it,” said Otis Willis III of the Clayton County Police Department.
Forde was arrested and faces making terroristic threats charges. He could lose his job. Link
At first reading this, I thought this was completely blown out of proportion. I thought of a teacher stressed out with disciplinary actions rather than teaching. Many teachers I know gets completely frustrated with the public school system and spent more energy with controlling the classroom rather than actual educating the students.
But as I read on, this whole altercation began with the teacher asking the 16yo if he was "gay".
Now we are dealing with a private matter of one's orientation.
Mr Forde - if you are not equip nor tolerant in dealing with your student's sexual orientation - follow our current military rules in managing this sensitive subject: Don't Ask, Don't Tell!
This is not a student forgetting to do his homework or failing math - this is outside the realm of your knowledge and specialty.
Yes - it did get out of hand!
The terroristic threats and now the embarrassment you inflicted.
Whatever the cause, you (as the adult and educator) should have diffused it.
Well, you may lose your job - but i'll leave that decision with your school district.
Off to the principal's office you go!
