Teacher questioned by cops and suspended for 'rattling a table' after 14-year-old schoolgirl calls 911



A maths teacher was questioned by police when a 14-year-old schoolgirl called 911 from her phone after he rattled a desk to get the class’s attention.

The school decided to suspend John Haynes over the incident, even though when police arrived the class was still in session with no signs of a disturbance.

The shakedown took place at Selby Lane School in prestigious Atherton near Santa Monica in California – one of the most expensive zip codes in the country.

Shaking: The 8th grade girl called cops after her maths teacher rattled a table at posh Selby Lane School in Atherton, California According to police, the teacher was trying to get the attention of his student and shook a table in an attempt to gain some order.

A girl in the eighth-grade class was supposedly so startled by the incident, she left the room and dialled 911.

Covering in the girls bathroom the girl dialled 911 from a friend's phone, because hers had run out of batteries.

On the call, she claimed Mr Haynes had been throwing tables and was 'calling us motherf****** and little s****'.

Atherton, were Stanford church stands, is one of the most expensive places in America to live. The average house costs an enormous $4million

The dispatcher attempts to calm the girl down, who also explains that 20 students are still in the classroom.

When asked why he had gone so crazy, the girl answers 'because we couldn't answer the [maths] problems.'

During the 15 minute call, while police rushed to the school, the girl can be heard crying, saying 'I'm just scared' - refusing to return to the classroom or leave the bathroom and meet officers who were by then at the front gates.



The dispatcher replied: 'Think happy thoughts'.

Other students can be heard entering the bathroom, with the dispatcher asking the girl to quieten them down. But she refuses, worried that they will tell Mr Haynes where she has been hiding.



Local police in the town were at the scene in a matter of minutes on Tuesday afternoon, entering the classroom, to find a room full of student and a calm teacher.

Famous resident: Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy, reside in the exclusive neighbourhood

Sergeant Tim Lynch of the Atherton police said other students in the class were unconcerned by the teacher’s rattling.

But the Redwood City School District was so worried by the incident it suspended the teacher – on paid administrative leave – and said it would be speaking to him, the girl and her parents.

Atherton came second in Forbes’s list of the most expensive zip codes to live in in the country.

The average cost of a house in the 94027 code is a staggering $4,010,200, just short of the number one spot in Duarte, California, where the average house price is $4,276,462.

Residents, where the average wage is nearly $200,000 a year, include Google CEO Eric Schmit and Republican nominee for California Governor, Meg Whitman.