Principal David Soden hit me several times with his fist as a child while I was in 7th and 8th grade.
He slugged me in his class several times, full fist, and open handed. He would either do it asking me to stay after class OR when students were looking away at board and he called me to his desk.
He was a small punk....I was thin growing up and probably weighed a dime.
He would tell me in private, that he could inform my parents or I could go off in private with him and he could swat me as punishment......he would hit me several more times with a large wooden paddle (like a large cricket paddle).
On one occasion because I did not cry and this angered him, he hit me a second time with both hands full-force like one would swing a baseball bat. He stated, "you think you're tough." then swung again.
He was a teacher then, in training to go into administration, and did this paddling on two occasion in front of other administrators or witnesses.
I have informed Superintendent Donna L. Libutti and she never contacted the police and he enjoys his full retirement. I had heard this about him prior to entering his class SO I guarantee he has done it to hundreds,
My crime (never written up for anything serious, not one thing), my crime is sometimes I would joke around with my buddies. I went onto five college degrees. I always suspected there was a racist component to it....as he seemed to treat kids very differently.
David Soden...real champ and a punk that still lives off the tit of the district that pays him. read more
