CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The SC Board on Education has issued a public reprimand of Dirk Arnell Kemp, a former teacher at Morningside Middle School.
The Order of Public Reprimand stems from allegations of two 2019 incidents in which students “initiated physical altercations by grabbing [Kemp’s] arm.”
Kemp “failed to deescalate either situation and alleges he was defending himself by putting hands on the students.”
Neither of the students were seriously injured and Kemp was fired.
