Catherine Brendel, a teacher of 14 years, says she can no longer step into a classroom without reliving the terror she experienced on Sept. 8, 2023.
The assault happened just weeks after the new school year began. Brendel had been in the middle of teaching when a special-education student in her second-grade classroom ran up to her, smashed a textbook against her head, and punched her in the abdomen and arm.
“I’m going to f*** you up,” the child allegedly said during the attack…