Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, has been charged with aggravated assault after an incident at Lehman High School in Hays County, Texas.
A substitute teacher in Texas, who had taught classes for less than two months, has been fired after footage emerged of her allegedly assaulting a pupil.
The violent incident recorded on a cell phone and shared on social media shows other students at Lehman High School in Hays County looking on stunned as Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, approaches the teenaged sophomore during a language lesson and throws punches at her on Friday. The teenager is dragged to the floor and Lankford then stomps on her head before walking away, the footage shows. The victim was taken to hospital for assessment. The school district reported her age as 16, while police stated the victim was 15 years old.
Lankford had only worked in the classroom 18 times since she started employment on August 30, according to the Hays Consolidated Independent School District . Her tenure started with orientation training and she taught her first class on September 13. Arrested by the Hays County Sheriff's Office, she was charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault and she will also be reported to the Texas Education Agency,
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