© Provided by Washington Examiner A Wisconsin high school teacher was placed on administrative leave after a viral video appeared to show her berating a student for failing to wear a mask as a precaution meant to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Talk radio host Vicki McKenna shared the video, claiming that she found it on TikTok and edited the shot to protect the student's identity. She declined to say who published the video.
"I don't care if you're vaccinated, you little dink," the teacher told the student in the video. "I don't want to get sick and die. There's other people you can infect just because you're vaccinated. You know what? You're not a special person around here," the unidentified teacher can be heard saying.
"You should hear about how everyone talks about you around here. You're a jerk. You're a jerk. And you need to have respect for other people in your life," the teacher continued. "You're not a big man on campus, quit walking around here like you have a stick up your butt."
The Poynette School District has not confirmed the video, though District Administrator Matt Shappell acknowledged an incident occurred on Tuesday this week in a Facebook post. The Washington Examiner reached out to the school district for comment.
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"The School District of Poynette is aware of an incident that occurred today, May 11th, 2021, involving a teacher and student at the Poynette High School," Shappell said, adding, "The District is initiating an investigation and the teacher involved has been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation."
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Shappell said the district contacted the parents and administrative officials are "taking steps to provide the appropriate support for the student involved."
The administrator said masks are required in school buildings and on district-sponsored transportation but declined to say what the consequences are for students who break the rule, according to an email obtained by the Portage Daily Register.
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