Students Beat Up Teacher At Texas Alternative School
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A Texas alternative school was recovering from his injuries Friday and the five students who attacked him were in custody.
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(February 8, 2008)—Five teenage students at a Rio Grande Valley alternative school were in custody Friday after their teacher was beaten.

The names of the students and teacher weren't released.

Walter Watson's the interim superintendent of the Mercedes public schools.

He says the incident at the Mercedes Discipline Alternative Education Program started with a confrontation between a student and the teacher.

Watson says that's when the other four students joined in.

Watson says the male teacher was taken to a hospital and received stitches for a cut over his eyebrow and received treatment for other minor cuts, scratches and bruises.

The students, ranging in age from 14 to 16, are to be detained at the Hidalgo County Juvenile Detention Center for about two weeks before a hearing.

Watson says it's unclear what charges they would face.

Watson says others in the class encouraged the five boys during the beating. He says those students were suspended for three days.

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Posted by: Gasha Miller Location: Louisiana on Jan 22, 2009 at 09:13 AM

I know there are laws that protects our children from abuse, violence and stuff. But what about children that use violent behavior like this against us adults? What's going to happen if these kids band up like this and start taking us out? We need laws to help protect us too.
Posted by: james Location: mexia on Apr 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM

well the schools have been heading for this type of attitude from kids these days cause we allow the entertainment industry to put out a bunch of filth about beating up people we don't agree with or in some music shooting someone is a way of gaining respect but , ever since they have pulled prayer and corparal punishment out of our schools the younger generation has gradually gotten more and more violent , true there are the kids that behave , Hmmmmmmmmmmmmwe had those in my generation also but the punishment was there for those who didn't want to obey the schools rules now days the rules aren't enforced becauseof all the whinning babies in the past who cried when they got in trouble and didn't want to accept responsibilty for their own actione , put spankings back in schools and enforce the rules , but if a teacher over does it then hold the teacher accountable but in same token if a high school student attacks a public sevrant like a teacher make it a felony prison tem not prob.
Posted by: GC Location: CentralTx on Apr 26, 2008 at 05:21 PM

REf to WACO Feb8,2008 You are SO wrong! I was a teenager that became pregnant... my daughter turned out to be Prom Queen, a Cheerleader for most her years in school and now is a mother herself. DONT blame this on kids having kids! That is the MOST idiotic thing ive ever heard...... must be nice to be perfect?
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