An educator in Madison, Wisconsin, has been put on leave after a student said he shoved and punched her and pulled out three braids of hair from her head.
Robert Mueller-Owens, 52, an administrator and positive behavioral support coach with at White Horse Middle School in the Madison Metropolitan School District, allegedly attacked the student on February 13, WISC news reports.
'Just the whole experience is just traumatic and devastating and just confusing,' Mikiea Price, the student's mother said on Wednesday. 'I'm just disgusted at this whole incident.'
Price said her daughter called her last week claiming she had been jumped by her teacher, and when she arrived at the school, her daughter was holding three braids allegedly ripped from her hair, had a cracked, bleeding lip and was crying.
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Robert Owens-Mueller, an assistant principal and positive behavior support coach with the Madison Metropolitan School District was put on leave for the alleged assault on a student
The 11-year-old student claimed Mueller-Owens shoved her, then punched her and at some point ripped out three of her braids. The bald spots seen here are where the braids allegedly had been attached before being ripped out
Mueller-Owens, as the dean of students, apparently had been called in to deal with Price's daughter and another student who had sprayed too much perfume or body spray and refused to leave the classroom.
While surveillance footage from outside the room has not been released to the public, Price and her Pastor Marcus Allen, relayed what they saw.
'A big tall man and an 11-year-old girl being pushed from one classroom to the other side of the hallway and then falling on top of her,' Allen said of the video. 'It's a very disturbing sight to see.'
The video does not show what happened before the hallway, but Price told WISC news that her daughter said Mueller-Owens asked her step out of the room and she initially refused. He then told the rest of the class leave.
Mikiea Price (shown) says her daughter was traumatized after the altercation with Robert Mueller-Owens who she thinks should have known better
The incident between the student and Mueller-Owens occurred at White Horse Middle School when the 11-year-old reportedly refused to exit a classroom when asked
