Flagler County substitute teacher arrested after allegedly kicking student with disabilities

A substitute teacher at Matanzas High School has been arrested after deputies say he kicked a student with disabilities during a behavioral episode.The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Bryan Schewitz, 60, of Flagler Beach, was arrested on a charge of child abuse without great bodily harm following an Oct. 16 incident.Investigators said two witnesses described Schewitz being rough with the student. One witness told deputies Schewitz forcefully moved the student into a chair and told him, “The gloves are off.”Another witness reported seeing Schewitz kick the student in the leg. According to deputies, the witness later noticed a large mark on the student’s leg and said Schewitz told him, “He kicked me, and I kicked him. So now we’re square.”The student also told school officials that Schewitz had kicked him, according to the sheriff’s office.Schewitz told investigators that the student had kicked him first and that he accidentally kicked the student after sticking out his foot. He als