Police say both parent and Houston Secondary teacher accused of assault

Kimone Gentle

Police are continuing their investigations into the incident where a teacher armed herself with a cutlass during an altercation with a parent and a student at Houston Secondary School on Thursday. She explained that she was protecting herself after being attacked.

The police in a press release yesterday stated that the incident which occurred on Thursday at about 10:30 hours at the Houston Secondary School, Georgetown, involved a teacher, 43-year-old Kimone Gentle; a parent, a 43-year-old of Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara; and her 17-year-old son who is a fifth form student of the school.