Posted on 04/05/2005 5:01:06 AM PDT by KidGlock
Dallas Police: Teacher Starts Brawl in Class
Mon Apr 4, 8:33 PM ET AP
DALLAS - A high school teacher faces an assault charge after police say she walked into a middle-school classroom, grabbed that teacher's hair, yanked her out of her chair, and dragged her across the room while punching her in the face and kicking her.
According to the police report, Paulette Baines grabbed Mary Oliver in front of the class full of gifted students Friday. Baines was angry because Oliver told her daughter to quit loitering by lockers and go to class, Dallas school district spokesman Donald Claxton said.
Oliver said Baines was yelling at her as she entered the classroom.
"I want you to know I didn't raise a finger. I didn't raise my voice. I didn't do anything to aggravate the situation," Oliver said. "I did everything possible to defuse the situation."
Baines was charged with assault with bodily injury, according to Dallas County Jail records. Baines, 45, was released early Saturday after posting $2,500 bail, a jail official said.
Baines, who was placed on paid administrative leave, did not immediately return a call seeking comment placed by The Associated Press on Monday.
Oliver, who teaches seventh-grade science at a Dallas school for gifted students, said she had bruises on her face, a concussion and two broken ribs.
The incident happened after Oliver talked to Baines' daughter and several other students about going to class. Students are not allowed to be at their lockers during class time, Claxton said.
Oliver said she did not single out Baines' daughter, an eighth-grader. The girl went to the school counselor, who called Baines to tell her what had happened, Claxton said.
Cleanup on aisle 2........
That's one expensive beating.
well, there you go....
here are the simple rules: .....you don't go into someone's class and pull someone by the hair, dragging her across the floor and slamming her face with your fist all the while.....its just against the rules.....
understand?
a year old?....geez....I gotta get a life......LOL....
Let's have a REAL rumble!
Why would a new poster revive an old thread? Do ya think that Mrs. Baines is out of jail already? (wink-wink)
Betta respect her gang or she'll whoop on yo az.
Didn't even notice how old the article was....perp now out on parole. Got it.
No, she was just sentenced mid-May. Would she be out already?
My fave is this sweet darling here.
You claim "First of all, Mrs. Baines children are brought up in the best way."
Does that include barging into rooms and punching people?
Vrat, Brat, Brat, Brat, Brat.
And she has a ditz for a mother.
Aren't you tired of pretending to be people you are not?
I saw him more than once. Great shows.
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Then she needs to be sued in civil court and have every last dime she has taken from her to pay damages.
How that for 'respect' you dimwit?
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Ouch, that'll leave a mark.
Blah blah blah...
What lazy, tiresome rhetoric.
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