Corentyne student injured in altercation with teacher

La Toya Poole (right) blood evident on her shirt collar, with her aunt Lorna Hope

The Department of Education in New Amsterdam is investigating an incident at the Central Corentyne Secondary School involving a teacher and a student, in which a student sustained a head injury that required three stitches. The student, La Toya Poole, 15, alleged that her teacher slammed her into a wall several times because she did not heed her call immediately.

Poole said that just after 08:30hrs yesterday,