Police in Hanover were recently called to a high school in the parish after a teacher was attacked by the parent who was upset that her child was scolded earlier.

Reports reaching THE STAR indicate that last Wednesday, persons at the school watched in disbelief as the disgruntled parent argued with the teacher before chasing her around the school while hurling stones and bottles at her.

The Area One police confirmed the incident but several calls to school officials went unanswered.

"We were called in to reprimand a woman on Wednesday at the school following a dispute with her and a teacher there," Detective Corporal Chase McDougal told THE STAR.

He said when the police arrived at the school, the chase was already over but the woman was still voicing her opinion that she did not like the way in which her 12-year-old child was scolded.

stand outside the class

THE STAR was told that the child was ordered to stand outside the class because she had not completed her homework.

The child is said to have went home and later returned with her enraged mother who argued in front of the staffroom that her child should have not been made to leave the class.

The police say, based on what they were told, things got heated after the teacher told the woman that she should not try and tell her how to run her class.

"Well, based on what persons at the school told us, the woman got mad when the teacher said that ... . She immediately grabbed stones and began chasing the teacher," Detective McDougal said, adding that the teacher was chased for a few minutes before making it back to the staffroom where she was locked inside, away from the wrath of the parent.