North Carolina HS student charged after slapping female teacher in profanity-filled classroom tantrum in front of laughing classmates (video)

The middle-aged teacher sits impassively as the student punches her in the face again, sending her glasses flying from her face

Teachers at a school were horrified by a video showing their middle-aged female colleague being repeatedly punched and abused by a male student.

The teenager has been arrested after a classmate filmed the profanity-laden physical attack at Parkland High School in North Salem, North Carolina.

The teacher remains seated, visibly shocked, as the student delivers a right-handed punch to her cheek, followed by another punch with his left hand after demanding, 'Want me to hit you again?'

'I don't want it,' she replies before he punches her again, this time with his left.

Phones are whipped out at Parkland High School in North Carolina as the student attacks his teacher in class, towering over her and landing a series of blows

District Attorney Jim O'Neill expressed his inability to prosecute the assailant as an adult due to the charges being misdemeanors, though a secure custody order was issued against the boy for one count of communicating threats and two counts of misdemeanor assault.

During a press conference, O'Neill emphasized the gravity of assaulting teachers, equating it with assaulting police officers in terms of consequences.

The attack video, despite efforts to prevent its sharing, garnered significant attention, with over a million views. The full extent of the assault captured on the video remains unclear.

The school in North Salem wrote to parents about the 'unsettling interaction' and asked that they did not share the video footage

Former colleagues and educators condemned the incident, with Tripp Jeffers highlighting the shocking nature of the attack and emphasizing that no educator should face such treatment.

While some attribute worsening student behavior to lenient discipline and societal changes, Sheriff Kimbrough labeled the assault as 'deplorable and outrageous,' emphasizing the need to respect educators.

District Superintendent Tricia McManus said she would recommend the student's expulsion

Principal Noel Keener assured parents of disciplinary action against the students involved and urged against sharing such inappropriate content on social media.

District Superintendent Tricia McManus indicated plans for the student's expulsion and focused on supporting the affected teacher.

However, Jenny Easter of the Forsyth County Association of Educators criticized the response to the attack, citing it as a contributing factor to the teacher exodus crisis.