Students at a California high school have demanded officials fire a male teacher who was caught on video last week allegedly saying he wanted to “slam” a female student’s face against a wall.
Robert Bean, an English teacher at Cajon High School in San Bernardino, was placed on administrative leave after a student posted a video to TikTok on October 12 by a user named @cajon_student, where a male voice could be heard saying he allegedly wanted to physically attack a student.
“She thinks she’s funny? She’s a rude, defiant little brat kid that I just want to slam her face up against the wall,” Bean said, according to the TikTok user. “That’s how angry I get … because I’m old-school, guys.”
@cajon_student Im a student at Cajon Highschool and wanted to bring light to what mr bean says on a regular basis along with different things such as calling students and other teachers slurs
Students have also accused Bean, 53, of displaying a long history of inappropriate behavior.
“Im a student at Cajon Highschool and wanted to bring light to what mr bean says on a regular basis along with different things such as calling students and other teachers slurs,” @cajon_student said in the video caption.
The video garnered more than 96,000 views and 550 comments, several of which made other accusations against Bean with past and current students.
“I’m shocked that it’s still happening,” Megan Soult, one of Bean’s former students, said, according to local media. “I’m shocked that he’s still there.”
Soult reported Bean to the school in 2009 for abusive behavior, but said officials did not take action.
“I was bullied and harassed by him at a time when I really needed guidance, and I’ll remember it forever,” she said.
Soult, who graduated 12 years ago from Cajon High, told Insider that Bean had embarrassed and humiliated her in front of the class with private and personal medical information.
“To see this come up this many years later and hear about how many people have brought this to the attention of the administrative staff at the school, and nothing has still been done is just baffling,” she said.
Mia Munoz, a senior at the high school, told KTLA, “not only was it unprofessional, that shouldn’t have been on campus at all.”
San Bernardino City Unified School District told Insider Monday that officials placed Bean on “paid administrative leave.”
In a statement to Fox L.A., the district said officials have been looking into the allegations posted on social media, adding they could not share more about the situation as they are required to protect employee privacy.
Bean has not responded to requests for comment by media outlets as of publication.
An anonymous student told local media that the district’s actions won’t fix the problem, and that if and when Bean returns to the classroom, the students “plan on staging a planned absence from all periods of his class.”