--- title: Texas Teacher Arrested After Video Shows Her Slapping Student description: She was arrested on one charge of assault canonical: https://time.com/4287672/texas-teacher-arrested-after-video-shows-her-slapping-student/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-09T20:38:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:36:15.959Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Texas Teacher Arrested After Video Shows Her Slapping Student og:description: She was arrested on one charge of assault og:url: https://time.com/4287672/texas-teacher-arrested-after-video-shows-her-slapping-student/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdddd41a41897895/69888e5fab6d77a67c6a92be/160409-teacher-jsw-1008a_47cd8a6fd0a666900386ed549d1b73dd-nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 160409-teacher-jsw-1008a_47cd8a6fd0a666900386ed549d1b73dd.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas Teacher Arrested After Video Shows Her Slapping Student twitter:description: She was arrested on one charge of assault twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdddd41a41897895/69888e5fab6d77a67c6a92be/160409-teacher-jsw-1008a_47cd8a6fd0a666900386ed549d1b73dd-nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Texas Teacher Arrested After Video Shows Her Slapping Student by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 9, 2016 8:38 PM CUT  Mary A. Hastings, a 63-year-old teacher at Ozen High School, was arrested for assault after video surfaced of her hitting a student in her math class. Mary A. Hastings, a 63-year-old teacher at Ozen High School, was arrested for assault after video surfaced of her hitting a student in her math class.Jefferson County by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 9, 2016 8:38 PM CUT The nine-second video posted on Twitter appears to show Mary Hastings, a teacher at Ozen High School in Beaumont, striking a student five times while yelling at him about a disruption, calling him an “idiot ass.” It was not clear exactly what preceded the action. Hastings then appears to mock the student’s crying following the repeated hits. She was arrested on one charge of assault and released on bail, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The school said it placed her on administrative leave, and the school district said in a statement that they do not condone and won’t. . . 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