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Central Texas Teacher Arrested For Beating Student In Class

The substitute teacher at Lehman High School in the Hill Country town of Kyle has been fired and charged after cell-phone video posted on social media shows her punching and stomping on a student.

Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, was charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony.

KVUE-TV reports:

“A 10th grader who was in the class and didn't want to be identified told KVUE Lankford was passing out papers and students were laughing. The student said Lankford became increasingly aggravated, before getting into a verbal altercation with the victim. 
"The student said 'shut up' back. She said, 'No, you shut up,' and the teacher got in the student's face and put her hand on her chest and her other hand on her arm," the 10th grader said. "The student swung, because she was in her face and pressing her. The teacher put down her glasses – she swung like three times, pulled her to the ground and stomped on her head."” 

Following the incident, the high school posted a statement on their Facebook page.

Principal Karen Zuniga wrote “we take the safety and security of our students seriously.We took swift action when this incident occurred and will do everything necessary to protect our students.”

The school district also put out a statement saying “We are appalled at the actions of this former employee.There is absolutely no excuse or circumstance that can justify what you see unfold on the video. It is unconscionable what this adult did to one of our students.”


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