A TEACHER and a nurse who assaulted each other following a disagreement over a recommendation, appeared Tuesday before New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Marcus-Isaacs who granted them $10,000 bail each.

Deputy Headmistress of Berbice High School, Tracy Helligar pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm committed on Nurse Jasmattie Goberdan.
Goberdan is charged with assaulting Tracy Helligar on February 2 last.
On the day in question, Goberdan went to Berbice High School, where her son once attended to get a recommendation.
However, she was told by Helligar that the school did not have a secretary to have the document prepared.
Goberdan reportedly stated that she had in her possession a recommendation and requested that the Deputy Headmistress sign the document.
However, Helligar allegedly turned over the document, and in red ink wrote a recommendation in her own words.
After Goberdan left, she went to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she requested that a clerk to have it typewritten.
The prepared document was returned to Helligar in an attempt to solicit her signature. But the teacher refused as she had never recorded that Goberdan’s son had a good attendance and punctuality record.
As a result, Helligar allegedly attempted to access her original red inked document which was in Goberdan’s pants pocket. As a result they allegedly assaulted each other and Goberdan’s pants pocket was torn. The matter was then reported to Central Police Station where charges were instituted.
The women are expected to return to court on April 9.