Substitute teacher accused of kicking student with disabilities: ‘The gloves were coming off’

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested for allegedly kicking a student with disabilities while working as a high school substitute teacher.A witness told Flagler County deputies that she felt uncomfortable after seeing 60-year-old Bryan Schewitz forcefully move a Matanzas High School student with disabilities into a chair while the student was experiencing a behavioral episode on Oct. 16.That witness said she felt Schewitz was too rough with the student.Second witness reports kickA second witness reported seeing Schewitz kick the student, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The witness asked Schewitz about a large mark on the student’s leg.“He kicked me, and I kicked him, so now we’re square,” Schewitz allegedly replied.Investigators interviewed Schewitz, who claimed he accidentally kicked the student after he arrived late to class and refused to sit to start his classwork. The student started kicking toward Schewitz, he told Flagler County deputies, leading Sc