Mom threatens principal when child held from graduation, report says

A mother upset her child was not allowed to participate in the Robert Smalls International Academy’s eighth-grade graduation ceremony threatened the principal and landed in jail, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Report released this week.

Shamekia Hayward was arrested May 21 and charged with threatening the life of a public official, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of five years. She was booked into Beaufort County Detention Center and released on her own recognizance the same day, court records show.

Robert Smalls principal Nicole Holloman told deputies Hayward threatened her during a meeting May 19 to discuss Hayward’s child being held out of an eighth-grade graduation ceremony due to disciplinary issues, the report said. Hayward accused Holloman of lying about the child’s offense and asked whether the punishment was too harsh.

“I will f--- you up when I see you in these streets,’ Hayward then told Holloman, according to the report. Hayward later called Holloman a “lanky b----” and added, “The streets will get you when I see you again,” Holloman told a deputy.

Hayward told a deputy she was upset about her child, voiced her opinion and left without threatening the principal, according to the report.

Hayward was also served Wednesday with a trespass notice for the school, the report said.

This story was originally published May 27, 2016 at 4:05 PM with the headline "Mom threatens principal when child held from graduation, report says."