Substitute teacher paid students $5 to tackle classmate, Louisiana cops say
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A substitute teacher encouraged and bribed students to bully a classmate, Louisiana cops say.
The 24-year-old physical education teacher offered $5 to 5 different North Caddo Elementary Middle School students to tackle a classmate, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
A video of the Aug. 23 incident shows the teacher talking to students and then congratulating the three who participated in the assault, according to the post. The teacher sat in the bleachers while the attacked student laid on the ground and later got up. The teacher did not try to help the student and she did not report the attack, the sheriff’s office said.
The school and school district have cooperated with the investigation, according to a spokesperson for Caddo Parish Public Schools.
“The Caddo Parish School Board expects employees to conduct themselves professionally and in the interest of students at all times,” the spokesperson told McClatchy News in an email. “The district immediately removed her from her duties and the principal of the school reported the incident to law enforcement.”
The teacher was arrested Sept. 12 and booked into Caddo Correctional Center. She is charged with five counts of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles and malfeasance in office, the post says. She was also fired from the school district.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation is ongoing and more arrests are pending.
This story was originally published September 13, 2022 at 9:43 AM with the headline "Substitute teacher paid students $5 to tackle classmate, Louisiana cops say."
