The principal of an all-age school in St Andrew received death threats recently after being accused of taking disciplinary action against a teacher who was involved in a fight with a student at the school last week.

Classes at the school were disrupted last week after a student and the teacher came to blows during a class.

Reports reaching THE STAR are that on March 16, two students were involved in a fight. It is alleged that the fight occurred during break time but spilled over into class time, when one student continued to provoke the other.

hit in the back with a desk

It is alleged that the girls became boisterous and began to use indecent language. The teacher reportedly asked one girl to leave the class but she reportedly refused and said she was the victim. THE STAR was told that the teacher got up and pushed a chair at the student, which hit her on the knee. The student reportedly pushed back the chair and the two continued doing this between each other until the student turned to leave the classroom. It is alleged that at this point, she was hit in the back with a desk.

Reports are that the student used the desk to hit the teacher in the chest before leaving the classroom. The teacher reportedly chased the student, choked her and inflicted several blows to the child's head and chest. The teacher reportedly had to be restrained.

THE STAR was told that after the school principal got involved in the matter, she received several threatening phone calls from a woman warning her that she would be killed if disciplinary action was taken against the teacher.

The Bull Bay police confirmed that an investigation is being carried out into the threats and said a report was made to them on March 19. When contacted, the school principal refused to comment on the threats, directing THE STAR to the police. She, however, admitted that there had been a fight at the school.