WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:03:34.9100000" NOTE recognizability:0.847 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:03.884 Our big story tonight? NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:03.884 --> 00:00:06.110 A living nightmare for one college NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:06.179 --> 00:00:08.503 student in the valley who says that NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:08.503 --> 00:00:10.580 she was bullied by her classmates NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:12.946 and her teacher in a private group NOTE Confidence: 0.906021065806452 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:15.048 chat that recently became public. NOTE Confidence: 0.824118869 00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:17.118 Bianca Bono spoke to the student NOTE Confidence: 0.824118869 00:00:17.118 --> 00:00:19.125 and joins us now with a story NOTE Confidence: 0.824118869 00:00:19.125 --> 00:00:21.022 you'll only see on 12 news Bianca. NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:24.500 Guys, the teacher in question, NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.030 had been working part time NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:26.030 --> 00:00:27.254 at Gateway Community College, NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:30.716 only becoming full-time in October of 2022, NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:30.716 --> 00:00:33.084 right around the same time that some of NOTE Confidence: 0.837312374 00:00:33.084 --> 00:00:35.340 these messages were being sent. I first NOTE Confidence: 0.85736669 00:00:35.350 --> 00:00:37.006 wanted to be like a nurse, NOTE Confidence: 0.848824606666667 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:37.908 Reagan, Spratt says. NOTE Confidence: 0.848824606666667 00:00:37.908 --> 00:00:39.980 She always wanted a career in the NOTE Confidence: 0.848824606666667 00:00:40.037 --> 00:00:42.528 medical fields. Being out there NOTE Confidence: 0.869314584615385 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.498 on the scene versus staying in hospital NOTE Confidence: 0.869314584615385 00:00:45.498 --> 00:00:48.308 was something that really interested me. NOTE Confidence: 0.661999767142857 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.218 Deciding becoming an EMT was for her. NOTE Confidence: 0.661999767142857 00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:52.690 She had taken the EMT. NOTE Confidence: 0.661999767142857 00:00:52.690 --> 00:00:54.420 Force at Gateway Community College, NOTE Confidence: 0.661999767142857 00:00:54.420 --> 00:00:56.478 straight out of high school and past, NOTE Confidence: 0.661999767142857 00:00:56.480 --> 00:00:57.728 but didn't feel ready. NOTE Confidence: 0.888271310476191 00:00:57.790 --> 00:01:00.401 I didn't feel very confident that I NOTE Confidence: 0.888271310476191 00:01:00.401 --> 00:01:03.937 could go out there and give up my best NOTE Confidence: 0.888271310476191 00:01:03.937 --> 00:01:06.790 performance and saving a life. Potentially NOTE Confidence: 0.8655335 00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:09.270 that changed in August of 2022. NOTE Confidence: 0.7642215475 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:11.444 Felt like that was a good time to. NOTE Confidence: 0.7642215475 00:01:11.450 --> 00:01:13.710 Go and retake the course. Entirely NOTE Confidence: 0.831777894285714 00:01:13.720 --> 00:01:16.072 the same course, but a different NOTE Confidence: 0.831777894285714 00:01:16.072 --> 00:01:17.760 professor, Cassandra Pritchett. NOTE Confidence: 0.8984916 00:01:17.810 --> 00:01:19.395 My first impression was that NOTE Confidence: 0.8984916 00:01:19.395 --> 00:01:21.338 she was, you know, easygoing. NOTE Confidence: 0.8880348 00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:23.115 As the semester went on, Reagan NOTE Confidence: 0.8880348 00:01:23.115 --> 00:01:25.390 began to feel like something was off NOTE Confidence: 0.8880348 00:01:25.390 --> 00:01:27.459 and noticed tension with Pritchett. NOTE Confidence: 0.834038452727273 00:01:27.510 --> 00:01:30.867 I felt it. It's just it was a very NOTE Confidence: 0.834038452727273 00:01:30.867 --> 00:01:32.645 unwelcoming area, and that's not NOTE Confidence: 0.834038452727273 00:01:32.645 --> 00:01:34.430 how a classroom should feel. Not NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:35.630 thinking too much of it, NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:35.630 --> 00:01:37.034 Reagan finished the semester NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:37.034 --> 00:01:38.789 and passed the class anyway, NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:40.572 and it wasn't until her classmates NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:40.572 --> 00:01:42.769 got together for a graduation party. NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:42.770 --> 00:01:44.636 That she would connect the dots. NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:45.850 One of her peers asked NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:45.850 --> 00:01:47.060 her to change the music, NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:48.894 and when Reagan picked up her phone, NOTE Confidence: 0.885019546 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:51.710 she saw her own name pop up in a message. NOTE Confidence: 0.86176241375 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:54.150 They were actively texting in this NOTE Confidence: 0.86176241375 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:57.410 group chat. About me and my fiancee, NOTE Confidence: 0.867405387857143 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.872 a private group chat where some of her NOTE Confidence: 0.867405387857143 00:01:59.872 --> 00:02:01.698 classmates were making fun of Reagan. NOTE Confidence: 0.867405387857143 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:03.650 Even more surprising, her teacher NOTE Confidence: 0.867405387857143 00:02:03.650 --> 00:02:06.209 Cassandra Pritchett was in the chat too. NOTE Confidence: 0.869451134 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.330 It was just really heartbreaking. NOTE Confidence: 0.830236035 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:10.870 Reagan screenshotting as much of NOTE Confidence: 0.830236035 00:02:10.870 --> 00:02:13.020 the month long chat as she could, NOTE Confidence: 0.830236035 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:15.250 later showing it to her mother, Shawna. NOTE Confidence: 0.85488029 00:02:15.260 --> 00:02:16.580 She's a paramedic, you know, NOTE Confidence: 0.85488029 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:18.860 she's supposed to be out there NOTE Confidence: 0.85488029 00:02:18.860 --> 00:02:20.860 protecting and and saving lives, NOTE Confidence: 0.85488029 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:23.404 and here she is trying to ruin one. NOTE Confidence: 0.85488029 00:02:23.410 --> 00:02:24.628 That's not going to fly with me. NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:26.586 Some of you deserve to celebrate, NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:26.590 --> 00:02:28.360 not the one who passed the NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:29.492 class again, Pritchett wrote. NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:29.492 --> 00:02:31.389 When a student in the chat joked, NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:31.390 --> 00:02:32.602 reading his heart, NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:32.602 --> 00:02:33.410 Pritchett replied. NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:33.410 --> 00:02:34.990 Sorry, I pulled the Reagan. NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:35.962 In another message, NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:35.962 --> 00:02:37.258 Pritchett referred to Reagan NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:37.258 --> 00:02:39.193 as a weak woman needing her NOTE Confidence: 0.847151016666667 00:02:39.193 --> 00:02:40.693 man to fight her battles. NOTE Confidence: 0.866400495 00:02:40.710 --> 00:02:44.600 I need this to not happen ever again. So NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:44.610 --> 00:02:46.857 they reported it to the school and NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:46.857 --> 00:02:48.253 Maricopa County Community College NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:48.253 --> 00:02:50.128 District spokesperson told 12 News NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:50.128 --> 00:02:51.992 they received the complaint and NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:51.992 --> 00:02:53.542 reviewed copies of the messages NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:53.542 --> 00:02:55.172 and once they notified Pritchett. NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:55.172 --> 00:02:56.700 Who is under investigation? NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:56.700 --> 00:02:57.356 She resigned. NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:57.356 --> 00:02:58.996 We made multiple attempts to NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:02:58.996 --> 00:03:00.460 reach Pritchett for comment, NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:01.745 but our calls and emails NOTE Confidence: 0.872763422666667 00:03:01.745 --> 00:03:02.773 have not been returned. NOTE Confidence: 0.87918753 00:03:02.790 --> 00:03:05.114 And that's not someone that that that NOTE Confidence: 0.87918753 00:03:05.114 --> 00:03:07.568 should be trusted with any kind of power. NOTE Confidence: 0.8817378175 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:09.200 Reagan says she still plans NOTE Confidence: 0.8817378175 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:11.300 to pursue a career as an EMT, NOTE Confidence: 0.8817378175 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:13.799 hoping by sharing what happened to her. NOTE Confidence: 0.8817378175 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:15.460 It never happens again. NOTE Confidence: 0.790362983333333 00:03:15.510 --> 00:03:17.718 It's just really rare to see, NOTE Confidence: 0.790362983333333 00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:20.654 you know, a teacher affiliated with NOTE Confidence: 0.790362983333333 00:03:20.654 --> 00:03:23.330 bullying towards a student of hers. NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:24.815 And we're learning today that NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:24.815 --> 00:03:25.677 during their. Investigation. NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:25.677 --> 00:03:27.879 The district learned that a teachers NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.117 aide was also in that group chat. NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.020 She is no longer employed. NOTE Confidence: 0.792196171428571 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:34.910 Bianca Bono, 12 news. Bianca, thanks.