ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — NEWS10 is looking into an alleged incident at Mohonasen High School, where parents are claiming that a coach physically struck their child during a school wrestling practice. The district says the coach is no longer employed.
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On Friday morning, the girl’s father came directly to NEWS10 asking for answers after an alleged incident involving his 9th grader at Mohonasen High School. NEWS10’s Amber Fisher spoke with the student’s mother, who said the incident happened during practice and claims a coach became frustrated over student behavior.
“My daughter was attending a wrestling practice and was kind of goofing off in front of her trusted coaches and he didn’t like what was going on. And he smacked her in the mouth,” said Desire Rostocki, the student’s mother.
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The mother said that she found out about the incident through another coach on Thursday night, and that she was not contacted by the district. The mother also said that she went to the district Friday morning, and that the school’s resource officer showed her security video of the incident.
“I witnessed the video through the school and it’s disturbing. I think any time that an adult puts their hands on a child, it’s a little disturbing. But I think it’s a little more jarring when it’s someone that you trust your daughter with and that she trusts as well.” explained Rostocki.
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We reached out to the district, and the athletic director confirmed an incident did occur and said action was taken…