EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jovan Reese said her worst fear came true on April 25 when her 4-year-old son, Arrison, told her that one of his teachers at George L. Forbes Early Learning Center in East Cleveland slapped him in the face.Reese said she enrolled her son in the learning center after seeing other families' success with the program operated by the nonprofit Step Forward.On April 25, she said a simple question asked after the school day brought words she never expected to hear.
She immediately filed a police report and took Arrison to his pediatrician, who noted a small two-centimeter red scratch on the right side of his nose on his right cheek and no significant bruising on his face. An arrest warrant states Bryant “knowing did cause physical harm” to Arrison “by striking him in the face with an open hand, leaving a mark on his face.”