Utah County student recovering after witnesses, police say teacher struck him in class

UTAH COUNTY, Utah (KUTV) — A student is recovering after his gym teacher reportedly attacked him during class.

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The 14-year-old boy is doing OK but still feeling sore, his mother told 2News on Friday. He stayed home from Rockwell Charter High School in Eagle Mountain.

His PE teacher, Anthony Chidester, will soon have to face a judge and is now out of a job. No one answered the door at the last known address listed for him in public records on Friday.

Investigators said Thursday that the teacher put his hands on the teen’s neck and threw him to the ground. The teen not following instructions may have led to the outburst, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said.

The director of the charter school did not return several messages left Friday. The student’s family did not want to comment on the record.

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