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Class­es at Scar­bor­ough RC School were dis­rupt­ed on Wednes­day as teach­ers re­fused to re­turn to their class­rooms fol­low­ing an in­ci­dent in­volv­ing a nine-year-old stu­dent that left sev­er­al ed­u­ca­tors and stu­dents un­set­tled.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that the sit­u­a­tion in­volved a male stu­dent who be­came phys­i­cal­ly ag­gres­sive and had to be re­strained. The prin­ci­pal re­spond­ed by plac­ing the school on a tem­po­rary lock­down, in­struct­ing all teach­ers to se­cure their class­rooms and en­sure stu­dents re­mained in­side. School of­fi­cials lat­er con­tact­ed par­ents and asked them to col­lect their chil­dren. Yes­ter­day's ac­tiv­i­ties were of­fi­cial­ly de­scribed on­ly as an "in­ci­dent."

Bradon Roberts, the To­ba­go pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Uni­fied Teach­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTUTA), con­firmed that teach­ers had pre­vi­ous­ly raised con­cerns about the same stu­dent, who they said had a his­to­ry of ag­gres­sive and dis­rup­tive be­hav­iour.