Maitland Grossmann High School: Disturbing events at school where Michael Kable ‘brawled’ with kid

Frustrated parents have spoken out about violent incidents at a high school where a metalwork teacher allegedly assaulted a student in class this week.

Michael Kable, 62, was charged after being filmed Tuesday afternoon assaulting a disruptive student at Maitland Grossmann High School.

Thousands of supporters have signed a petition to support Mr Kable, some claiming he has been verbally and physically abused by students for years.

He admitted to Daily Mail Australia: ‘In the end I did something wrong’.

Now two parents have complained that their children were allegedly brutally assaulted by their peers at school.

A family reported a schoolgirl to the police after she hit their son on the head 15 times during class.

A mother – who cannot be named for legal reasons – told Daily Mail Australia that her son was in a class on March 8 when a disruptive student was ordered to leave the room.

When the child walked out, “she couldn’t walk past his chair, so she (allegedly) grabbed his head behind and slammed his head against the table,” the parent said.

“When he resisted, she hit him fifteen times.”

Despite there being two teachers in the classroom, the parent said no one intervened or called an ambulance.

“He had a concussion,” said the parent. “I had to come pick him up and take him to the hospital.”

The girl was suspended from school and the matter was reported to the police.

A NSW police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the girl went to Maitland Police Station on March 20.

She was treated under the Juvenile Offenders Act, which ensures that children receive warnings and warnings rather than being dealt with through the courts.

Mr Kable (pictured) is accused of grabbing a student and pulling him over a desk in a classroom

Meanwhile, another parent of a student at the school said he is “still waiting for the police to follow up” after his son was allegedly attacked by fellow students on two separate occasions.

In the first incident, his son was allegedly assaulted by two boys on a bus, with a girl who rushed in to help also allegedly being hit on the head.

“She didn’t know him at all. The school said they would sort it out,” the father wrote online. “Three months later, the boy’s boyfriend attacks my son [again].’

Despite the alleged incidents, the father claimed that staff told him they wanted his son to continue traveling on the bus and that they could not prevent him from being beaten.

“I have to drop him off in a parking lot next to a private property so he doesn’t go near the public area because they have the [alleged] attacks,” he said.

‘[This] the second time the boy is suspended for 10 days and [I’m still] waiting for the police to follow up.’

The other parent Daily Mail Australia spoke to, whose son was allegedly assaulted by a girl, said school staff were ‘completely behind’ after coming forward with the allegations.

But the parent claimed the school’s hands are tied by departmental policies that prevent them from expelling students or intervening in fights – potentially causing staff to lose their jobs.

The parent claimed that the once-prestigious school — wherever she attended — has declined in the past 12 months after the NSW Department of Education introduced new zoning policies requiring children to attend schools in their district.

She said the school has since had an influx of children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who need more support for learning and behavioral problems.

Due to staff shortages within the industry, she said teachers are having a hard time managing the new system. “It’s unfair to teachers and students alike,” she said.

“The kids playing have behavioral problems or intellectual disabilities and they can’t keep up with the work in class, so they’re not involved, which makes it difficult for the teachers and students who are behaving normally to learn,” she said.

“If there is violence, those kids should be expelled or placed in more academically appropriate classes with better staff-to-student ratios so they can get the support they need.”

In a statement, a NSW Department of Education spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: ‘The school’s staff take their duty of care seriously and intervene when an incident occurs. We refute allegations that suggest otherwise.’

Incidents of violence at Maitland Grossman High School are isolated. If they do occur, the school will take firm action and provide support,’ said the spokesperson.

Maitland Grossman High School provides a caring and supportive learning environment for all students.

“It provides resources to support students both academically and for their well-being, including those with additional learning needs.”

This week the school made headlines when the video allegedly involving Mr Kable went viral.

Mr Kable was handed an assault warrant and charged with common assault on Tuesday night after video of the scuffle – allegedly started after a classroom paper fight – surfaced.

Michael Kable is photographed outside his home on Thursday with a broken knuckle (pictured), after allegedly assaulting a student in class earlier this week

A petition has been launched to support Mr Kable after he was charged with assault and given an assault warrant

Maitland Grossmann High School (pictured) made headlines this week after a video went viral of a teacher allegedly arguing with a student

The footage showed the teacher holding a handful of paper balls that appeared to have been thrown at him by a student during class.

The teacher can then be heard saying ‘do you understand me? Stop it,” before the student throws another paper ball at him.

Mr. Kable then appears to grab the student by his shirt and pull him over a desk – before another student then threw another desk at him.

More than 5,000 people have signed a Change.org petition claiming the video fails to show the context of the altercation; that Mr. Kable was “insulted” and regularly physically and verbally abused by students.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia outside his home on Thursday, Mr Kable said he appreciates the support but: “In the end I did something wrong.”

While he insisted there are two sides to every story, Mr Kable noted that lawyers had advised him not to discuss the case.

The Ministry of Education is investigating. Mr Kable is due to appear in Maitland local court on April 2.