This news story from the St. Pete Times has me wondering if the School District should invest in video cameras in the classrooms, at least at the middle and high school levels.
Sandra Hadsock (64 years old) clenched her teeth, balled up her right fist and closed her eyes. The 5-foot-5 art teacher’s first punch was a wild haymaker, just glancing the towering student’s right cheek.
Then, as she drew her arm back again, Hadsock gripped the boy’s jacket collar and leveled a right cross, catching him square on the jaw. His head snapped to the side and his mess of orange hair blew back.
The teacher, who had been the school’s teacher of the year in 2010, was arrested. Fortunately, the state attorney chose not to prosecute after seeing the video – which shows the student clearly towering over and threatening her.
Read the article and see the video.