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A deduction in points for handing in a project late may have led to a Brockton High School student’s mother getting arrested Wednesday when she allegedly confronted a teacher and tried to barge into a classroom full of students.The Enterprise said the mother didn’t show any identification at the front desk on Wednesday before she barged through the hallways and confronted a teacher while she was teaching a class, leading to her arrest, officials said.The parent walked into the main entrance of the high school about 1:30 p.m. and checked in, saying she wanted to speak with Green Housemaster Andrew Donovan, Brockton Public Schools spokeswoman Michele Bolton told The Enterprise.Instead of waiting for a front desk attendant to arrange an appointment, the woman stormed off to a classroom full of students and confronted a female teacher because she thought her child was being treated unfairly, officials said.According to a faculty member at the school with knowledge of the incident, the mother was cursing and threatened to assault the teacher and the teacher had to hold the classroom door shut while the parent tried to force her way in.The faculty member spoke on the condition on anonymity.Other teachers had to control the woman and she was escorted downstairs where she was placed under arrest by Brockton School Police, Bolton said.Bolton said the parent never made it inside the classroom."We take it very seriously, and we always review safety and security measures, but she took a detour, and we'll certainly look at that,” Bolton said. “She was waiting for the attendant at the desk to make that appointment and then she just went off.”Bolton said the mother wasn’t asked for ID because she was not going to be allowed to wander in the school, but the woman bolted as she waited for the front desk attendant to arrange a future appointment.The woman, whose identity was not immediately available, was charged with threatening to commit a crime, trespassing, disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct.The faculty member told The Enterprise that the incident began because the student got 10 points taken off for a project turned in late.Brockton Police, Superintendent Kathleen Smith and Principal Sharon Wolder were not immediately available for comment Wednesday afternoon.Brockton School Committee Vice Chair Thomas Minichiello, Jr., said that it’s a shame that the stupidity of this one person may lead to additional security measures being put in place at the front desk, especially when the district’s resources are already being spread thin by a budget crunch.“The sad part of the story is it sounds like we need to have security at the front desk because of one parent doing something so outrageous and so stupid,” said Minichiello, reached on Wednesday night. “Basically, it annoys me when you have to put in place items that cost money, resources that cost money, that naturally take away from resources that would go into education, and spend it on catering to the lowest common denominator.”Get the WCVB News App