#DESOTO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL VIDEO CODE#

#DESOTO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL VIDEO CODE#

The district is also creating a dress code review committee to make a proposal to the board ahead of the next school year. Students will not be allowed to use cell phones, earbuds and headphones during the school day.Įach campus will also have a mandatory safety security meeting with parents.Employees with the district’s student support services department will now move from district HQ to middle school campuses to provide faster response.Every school will have staff monitoring hallways and common areas.When students return March 21, the district says the following changes will be in place: Instead, staff is instructed to come in and review district policies. Thursday night, DeSoto ISD announced it’s canceling classes for Friday. Did we need to do that? Did that person have to do that to continue to defend themselves? And that's a part of this.' A substitute teacher had to be treated by paramedics, according to WFAA-TV. 'I know that if you watch that video, we all say, ‘That's exactly what I would do as well.’ But I think it's important for us to kind of take a step back. DeSoto, TX (WBAP/KLIF) Video has gone viral of a disturbing incident at DeSoto West Middle School of an reported substitute teacher and some students hurling desks and chairs at each other. I mean, certainly, that's a part of it,' Miller said. DeSoto West Middle School Fight video: Texas police investigating. 'There's a cause and effect, and I think that the school had to look at the response by the teacher. A DeSoto Central Middle School student was arrested by Southaven Police on Wednesday. But he says the video does not tell the entire story, and we don’t know what led up to the incident.

Miller says in this case, the teacher likely does have the right to defend himself. 'It could very well be an aggravated assault, which also then could be enhanced, possibly because it happened to an educator in a school environment.' ' face serious assault charges based upon the angle that I saw in the video,' he said. He says legal actions will likely be taken. It said it doesn’t condone the behavior in the video and that 'all parties' would be held accountable.ĭeSoto ISD did not say whether the teacher or the student have already been punished.ĭeSoto police would only say it’s aware of the incident, and it had a larger presence on campus.Ĭraig Miller is a school safety consultant and former Dallas ISD police chief. The district released a statement confirming an 'assault' in a classroom.

Desoto west middle school video