3 months ago
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Clayton County Schools officials are investigating claims that a special education teacher threatened a student.
Spokesman Charles White says Mundy's Mill High School teacher Randolph Forde remains on administrative leave with pay following his arrest last month.
Forde was charged with making terroristic threats against a 16-year-old student and was released on a $10,000 bond. He is scheduled to attend an employment hearing on Tuesday on possible disciplinary action.
Attorney Terance Madden represents the student and says Forde pulled him from class and asked if he was gay. He said the teacher also threatened to hit him in the mouth and asked another student to put a hit on his client.
Forde's attorney, Borquaye Thomas, said students said Forde often plays around with them and everyone knew he joking about the reference to a hit.
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