Glasgow counselor assaulted a student
A counselor at Glasgow Middle School has been charged with assaulting a student, the Fairfax County Police Department reported on April 23.
Detectives from the FCPS Child Abuse Squad began investigating an incident at the school on April 16 involving Craig Small, 44, of Lorton, a counselor at Glasgow since August 2021.
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Detectives determined that an 11-year-old student called Small a derogatory name. Small then headbutted the student and carried him out of the cafeteria.
Police obtained a warrant for Small for misdemeanor assault and battery.
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this is my little cousin and he did not call Mr small any kind of name.
Student witnesses say he called him the N word. 🙁
Yes my brother who was with my cousin told me he did call him that. But he is only 11 years old he messed up , my cousin didn’t deserve what that adult did.
But you said in your first post that he did not call Mr. Small any name. NOW you are saying that he did.
Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Small should not assault a kid and should face charges. BUT, that kid is not a good kid and his behavior shows that his home life is lacking. The family should be ashamed of themselves and better come down hard on that kid.
That is not a word that just comes out for the first time like that. And it says a lot of a kid that would say that to an adult. Lack of manners, respect, poor judgment. All things as a parent which showcase my failures parenting.
Sure he didn’t…
Craig small is a black man. I think we all know what happened. No one should be subjected to that.
That being said, he is a grown man dealing with children. It may be sad, but if you are going to work in schools then you need to be able to handle yourself without committing violence on a kid.
Sad situation all around.
The COUNSELOR headbutted an 11 year old? What is going on at that school?
Well a lot of students even in 6th grade vape and do those things. I’ve seen how they scream or don’t obey the teachers. I honestly feel bad for the teachers and all staff, counselor… etc..
If you have a kid on there, then you better check his phone or his backpack because most of them hide it there.
I don’t care what or if the kid called him a name. A grown man shouldn’t lose his mind over a mouthy 11 year old. Obviously he shouldn’t be in a public school if he can’t do his job.
It would help a lot IF…..
1. Parents teach their children to be courteous and show respect to all persons at all times. By 11 years old this should already have been done and learned. This is a parent(s) failure to the children and for them to fix.
2. Agree, the Counselor is involved with youth so he/she has to lead and teach by example; and must demonstrate the highest possible standard & character. This is both the Counselor’s and FCPS failures to fix.
3. The 11 year old is disciplined for disrespectful activity otherwise it most likely will continue, & this is despite the Counselor’s horrible actions.
4. The Councilor should be fired, and barred from working with youth for his violent actions (that is partially happening with the criminal charges, & dependent on conviction. This is assuming the Commonwealth Attorney fully prosecutes the case).
5. Everyone needs to get a “thicker skin.” Modifying the old phrasing “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I will not let words hurt me.” The world is tough (it is not rainbows and unicorns, it never has been that way nor shall it ever be such), but if you can’t handle bad words said to and about you – how can you ever expect to deal with harsher realities.
Both people learned a valuable lesson. You never know what people are going thru. No excuses for the counselor. See what happens in a court of law
It is interesting how you say that we never know what people are going through, yet is also eager to judge the counselor as well.
He physically assaulted a student. That’s felony battery if there is a mark.
He will be judged by the community that pays him to teach their kids, and he will be judged in a court of law, and he should be put in prison with the other child abusers and trash of society.
If the counselor had killed him, would you say it’s wrong to judge the counselor?
I have found the comment section here rather interesting. Some for, some against.
Let me give you a little background. I worked with him the previous couple years he had never been one to lose his temper. He had never been to show aside that should be concerning. He was well loved by all of the students And the staff as well. Very friendly person.
That being said, I cannot Condone his actions. You will be called names. Not just at schools but in every day life. People will call you fat. People will call you anorexic. People will call you racist. People will call you stupid. You as an adult though, you should have the ability to shake off What a student says while in interaction with them. If you would like To make their comment known there are other avenues you can go through to take action on it. Physically assaulting a student is not OK.
It does not matter the students background. Does not matter the students age students in that school are between 11, 12, 13, and 14 years of age. People at that age do not always know right from wrong. It is the adult responsibility to exhibit it.
As I mentioned, when I worked with him he was great. But I personally cannot condone the behavior that was reported. Parents trust us when they send their loved ones to school. And that is exactly what it is. It is somebody’s child. Somebody’s heart. Kids can be frustrating. They can Say things that are not appropriate. I don’t care what the reputation of the child was whether he was a very well-behaved student or whether he was not, self control needs to be exhibited.
That’s just my long-winded two cents.
Very sad all around. We must learn to respect one another. Methinks the counselor dost protest too much.
people are glazing the kid I knew him he was a really bad kid he got expelled after so why are so much people glazing him I know its not right for an adult to touch a kid but issa just didn’t stop trying to insult him I was there the kid literally tried to bite the counselor until a security officer tazed him