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| Teacher suspended over complaint | Teacher suspended over complaint |
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| A school teacher has been suspended after he complained about the lack of action taken against a pupil who allegedly kicked him. | A school teacher has been suspended after he complained about the lack of action taken against a pupil who allegedly kicked him. |
| Mike Barile, 49, a maths teacher at Madras College in St Andrews, was ordered home following the complaint. | Mike Barile, 49, a maths teacher at Madras College in St Andrews, was ordered home following the complaint. |
| Police are investigating the incident on 21 September and the Educational Institute for Scotland is calling for Mr Barile's suspension to be lifted. | Police are investigating the incident on 21 September and the Educational Institute for Scotland is calling for Mr Barile's suspension to be lifted. |
| The union said it had written to Fife Council over the matter. | The union said it had written to Fife Council over the matter. |
| Mr Barile, who lives in Dundee and is an associate director at Dundee United Football Club, has so far not commented on his suspension. | |
| The information suggests this does not warrant a suspension and it is likely to inflame the situation rather than resolve it Educational Institute of Scotland spokesman | The information suggests this does not warrant a suspension and it is likely to inflame the situation rather than resolve it Educational Institute of Scotland spokesman |
| A spokesman for The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said: "We have written to Fife Council asking for the suspension to be lifted, but we have not yet had a response. | A spokesman for The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said: "We have written to Fife Council asking for the suspension to be lifted, but we have not yet had a response. |
| "The difficulty is that this suspension has raised the stakes - it would have been far better, both in the interests of the pupil and the interests of the teacher if the teacher had not been suspended and we had been able to sit down and sift through the facts. | "The difficulty is that this suspension has raised the stakes - it would have been far better, both in the interests of the pupil and the interests of the teacher if the teacher had not been suspended and we had been able to sit down and sift through the facts. |
| "The information suggests this does not warrant a suspension and it is likely to inflame the situation rather than resolve it." | "The information suggests this does not warrant a suspension and it is likely to inflame the situation rather than resolve it." |
| A Fife Constabulary spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that officers are investigating an incident at Madras College where a complaint was made by a 49-year-old male against a 16-year-old pupil." | A Fife Constabulary spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that officers are investigating an incident at Madras College where a complaint was made by a 49-year-old male against a 16-year-old pupil." |