DeSoto ISD Promises Changes After Viral Video Shows Students Throwing Chair At Substitute Teacher

Dallas TX

12 March, 2022

6:48 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth March 12, 2022 DeSoto ISD canceled classes on Friday, Mar. 11 to allow staffers to plan for big changes when students return at the end of Spring Break. The changes come as the district responds to a disturbing video that went viral this week, showing a DeSoto West Middle School student throwing a chair at a substitute teacher. The chair appears to hit the teacher in the head before the teacher begins slinging chairs as well. "When I saw that video hit the airwaves, I was so embarrassed for the parents!" said Loretta Haynes of DeSoto. Haynes said her children are grown, but the video is all that everyone in the area is talking about — and they're horrified. "Yes! Where do you get the audacity to think that's okay? As a child?" CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.