Family Handout Osman Couey, 53, was busted on Tuesday and charged with assaulting a 7-year-old student at Public School 194.
Cops said the young victim was kicked out of a classroom on Dec. 23 and started banging on the door to try to get back in. Couey then tossed the boy, Ka’veon Wilson, across a hallway, police said.
The child is still traumatized, his grandmother, Verlynn Phinazee said. “He’s still scared of the dark. He still needs a nightlight in his room.”
“He’s really scared of Mr. Cuoey. If he has to pass by that school he gets real upset.”
ABUSIVE HARLEM TEACHER HAS HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
She said Couey wouldn’t let Ka’veon into the classroom with the rest of his classmates, and when the boy kicked the door and opened it, the teacher lost it.
“Mr. Couey came to the door, grabbed Ka’veon by both of his arms, picked him up and slammed him, like threw him,” Phinazee said.
His grandfather, Donald Phinazee, said the attack was caught on school surveillance video.
Verlynn Phinazee said the family never knew Couey was Ka’veon’s math teacher, and the boy’s mother didn’t learn about the assault until Jan. 28, more than a month later.
Family Handout Ka'veon's grandfather, Donald Phinazee (seen with his grandson), says the incident was caught on surveillance camera.
"This behavior is deeply troubling, and we are seeking to terminate this teacher's employment," Kaye said.
Couey, whose salary is $105,142, has been teaching at P.S. 194 since 1993, and has a record of corporal punishment against students dating back more than a decade.
He was reprimanded twice in 2004 for corporal punishment and verbal abuse. In 2006, he was reprimanded again for corporal punishment.
