Beaumont, East Texas teacher completely loses control
An East Texas teacher was videoed beating on one of her students. The Beaumont Texas teacher, Mary Hastings, is heard on the video calling the students an ‘idiot ass.’
“Of course, you are stopping them from graduating,” the teacher said. “You idiot ass.”
KHOU reported the incident as follows,
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Mary Hastings, a teacher at Ozen High School near Beaumont, was arrested Friday on an assault charge. According to a statement from Beaumont ISD obtained by KHOU sister station KBMT, the conduct was substantiated by video viewed by BISD police and administrators. … Hastings was immediately removed from the classroom and placed on administrative leave pending action on her contract, according to the statement from the district. The statement also said the district is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for students and that BISD does not condone employees abusing any child and will not tolerate such conduct. Beaumont ISD is aware of and in the process of evaluating the situation according to Special Assistant to the Superintendent Nakisha Myles Burns.
The Beaumont Enterprise reports the following.
Hastings, 63, posted a bond of $2,500 in the misdemeanor assault charge at the Jefferson County jail and was freed. The Beaumont school district said Hastings was removed from class and placed on administrative leave. “The Beaumont Independent School District can confirm that an Ozen High School teacher was arrested today for physically assaulting a student.
Teaching is a demanding profession. It is a position that does not pay well. It is a profession where much is expected. It is true that in our society, where parents are stressed because virtually the entire household has to work just to survive, children suffer from the lack supervision necessary to teach good behavior. Many of these societal problems are left at the classroom door for teachers to address. This teacher overreacted. Her life will be forever changed. When we realize that socio-economic problems affect us all whether we realize it or not, we will get serious and start electing people who want to solve problems instead of just demagoguing.