Apex Middle School teacher suspended after being caught on video berating student

The incident happened during study hall between a teacher and seventh grade student.

WRAL News obtained a copy of the video from the student's mother. It appears to have been shot with a cellphone by another student in the classroom. WRAL has removed parts of the video that show other students.

The student's mother, Ayonna Wilson, said she was upset by the video.

"It's 2017, we are not going through slavery anymore, so I just felt like it was the wrong choice of words," she said.

Principal Allen Ellzey sent a message to parents saying said an investigation into the incident was pending.

But Wilson said she was not satisfied by the response.

"That's not satisfactory for me," Wilson said. "I feel as though he should not be working with children."

She said she is also concerned about her son.

"He is worried about the students because he was humiliated," she said. "They were laughing in the video and found it funny."

Wilson did say she has not had problems with Apex Middle School until now and still considers it a good school.

WRAL reached out to Wesendunk. The person who answered the phone said he was not available.