*(CNN) — A former principal in California was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday for “cruelty to child by endangering health” after he was caught on camera aggressively shoving a student with special needs to the ground, according to local authorities and court documents.
Earlier this week the Fresno Unified School District released surveillance video of now-former Wolters Elementary School principal, Brian Vollhardt, pushing an unidentified 11-year-old student to the ground in June while he and other staffers were working with the “upset student.” The video does not contain audio and the student’s face has been blurred.
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In the video the student gestures toward Vollhardt and appears to point his finger at him twice before the former principal shoves the student. It is not clear what led up to the incident.
“Instead of de-escalating the situation, which is what we expect of an educator in our system, the former principal chose to aggressively shove the student down instead,” Superintendent Bob Nelson said during a news conference Wednesday.
The child’s guardian, Ann Frank, told CNN affiliate KFSN the case lingered at police headquarters until she complained about the lack of charges two weeks ago. It took the school district three months to show her the video, she added.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KFSN, Vollhardt said the student “was yelling and getting in the principal/suspect’s face” while making threats. Citing the ongoing investigation, police and the school district declined to comment on Vollhardt’s comments in the affidavit.
*(CNN) — A former principal in California was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday for “cruelty to child by endangering health” after he was caught on camera aggressively shoving a student with special needs to the ground, according to local authorities and court documents.
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