Mesa Public Schools said it is looking into the incident.
On Tuesday, the teacher told 12News they dressed up that way for Halloween spirit week. The teacher explained that the theme was “dynamic duos” and that a teacher next door dressed as an angel.
“Participating in spirit weeks is a way for me to connect with my students and make class fun,” the teacher said. “It’s honestly nothing more than that.”
However, Hamlet said he felt insulted by the costume due to his religious beliefs.
“I said, ‘Don’t do that to me,’ and I pushed [the pitchfork] away maybe three or four times, but he kept doing it,” Hamlet said.
Nathaniel then told his father, Chris Hamlet, a former Mesa school board candidate, about what happened. Chris said he reported it to the school’s principal.
“I was really upset because I’m a Christian too,” Chris Hamlet said. “The main issue for me is, the teacher kept doing it even when my son asked him to stop.”
The next day, Nathaniel said the teacher was not in class and hasn’t returned since. Mesa Public Schools said the teacher is now on paid administrative leave.
A spokesperson for Mesa Public Schools gave 12News a statement on the incident:
“Mesa Public Schools administration was notified of the alleged incident late Wednesday afternoon. Our Human Resources department started investigating Thursday morning and put the teacher on paid leave. The investigation is still ongoing.”
Some parents picking up their kids from school on Monday told 12News that while they don’t agree with what the teacher did, they feel that firing him might be too extreme.
Researchers are astounded when they see what’s inside a long-lost plane that was recently discovered.
In a remote area of Alaska, researcher Philip responded to a mysterious anonymous letter and set out on a quest to learn the truth about Flight 66, a jet said to have disappeared en way to Japan.
Via hints and local lore, he was guided to a hilly region where the plane’s wreckage might be seen.
The true surprise, though, was what was inside: gold-filled containers, a single bullet that had been squashed, and an oddly vacant cockpit. The mysterious tip-off source behind this revelation remained unidentified even while authorities took action.
While there are still many unanswered questions, Philip’s amazing discovery was made famous in a best-selling book. Although being uncovered, Flight 66 still holds a lot of mysteries, particularly in regards to the mysterious informant.
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