Louisville, Q. (Wave) – a former Jefferson County Public School teacher who was fired After the completion Caught on cell phone video fighting with a student Running for Kentucky state representative at Moore High School.
According to the termination letter, William Bennett was fired from the JCPS on 16 December for “disobedience, indecent conduct of a teacher, incompetence, incompetence and neglect of duty”.
Bennett is now running for the state representative seat in District 25 of Hardin County as a Republican.
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According to the website of the Kentucky Secretary of State, he filed on January 25, the last day he signed up as “Bill” Bennett instead of William. His address records confirm his identity.
Bennett was reappointed by the JCPS on August 23 after a video surfaced on social media that showed him pinning a student to the ground and grabbing his hair as two other students pulled him. had tried.
A JCPS spokesman confirmed that Moore High School security footage had been reviewed, which said the student began a fight and punched Bennett in the back of the head before walking away. Bennett then turned and pushed the student, threw him to the ground and pinned his entire body to him, while pulling the student’s hair.
Bennett told investigators that he tried to leave the situation by walking into the counselor’s office, despite the fact that video footage showed him walking at least 10 feet from the office entrance and walking toward the library, causing He rejoined and hit the student in the stomach. ,
The Wave Troubleshooters investigated Bennett’s history and found a series of complaints documented by students and administrators from each of the four previous school districts where he worked. The complaints and disciplinary documents allege that he grabbed a student’s hand and did not let go, made sexual jokes, and made a series of “inappropriate comments”. He was also accused of interfering in the investigation.
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