Mitchells Plain school troubled by Grade 2 bully’s ‘reign of terror’

Parents at Alpine Primary School are at their wit’s end over weekly reports from their children’s Grade 2 teacher detailing how a class bully is running amok in class choking, punching and even throwing chairs at his classmates.

Disgruntled parents want the 8-year-old removed from the school before a child is seriously injured.

They have questioned why writing messages about how their children have been injured without action rectifies the situation.

Disturbing accounts of the child’s behaviour include choking a classmate 10 times in one day, throwing a pair of scissors at another, hurling verbal abuse, threatening classmates and leaving teachers in tears.

Angry parents gathered at…

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