with contributing to the delinquency of minors....for going old school. It was not that uncommon for back in my day at my school....
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A Florida teacher facilitated classroom fights among girls at her middle school, even announcing rules and warning students not to pull hair, authorities in Tallahassee said Monday.
Angel Drew Footman, 23, is charged with four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to court documents in Leon County. Arraignment was scheduled for May 4, court records show.
It wasn't clear whether she had an attorney. The public defender's office for the area did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An affidavit filed to support the arrest warrant for Footman, which was issued Thursday, said she denied having organized the fights at Griffin Middle School in Tallahassee.
The author of the document, Sheriff's Detective Hannah Parry, wrote that Footman offered this explanation: "Footman stated outright that she knows she has poor classroom management skills."
Footman was booked into jail Friday after she turned herself in to deputies in neighboring Gadsden County, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday. She was released two hours later, according to Gadsden County inmate records.
The affidavit is said to be based on numerous interviews with faculty members and students, including girls involved in the fights, some of whom went to Footman's sixth grade classroom from other classes to participate, the document stated.
All the girls had had Footman as a teacher at some point, the affidavit said. Some "were called out of other classes to go engage in these fights," it said.
Footman denied calling the girls out of those rooms, it said.
Two fights took place March 22 and one on March 23, the document says. They involved six girls who paired off, it said. No one reported being injured.
Florida 6th-grade teacher oversaw fights among girls in class, authorities say
Parents reported the brawls after viewing students' cellphone videos, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said. The teacher is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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A Florida teacher facilitated classroom fights among girls at her middle school, even announcing rules and warning students not to pull hair, authorities in Tallahassee said Monday.
Angel Drew Footman, 23, is charged with four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to court documents in Leon County. Arraignment was scheduled for May 4, court records show.
It wasn't clear whether she had an attorney. The public defender's office for the area did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An affidavit filed to support the arrest warrant for Footman, which was issued Thursday, said she denied having organized the fights at Griffin Middle School in Tallahassee.
The author of the document, Sheriff's Detective Hannah Parry, wrote that Footman offered this explanation: "Footman stated outright that she knows she has poor classroom management skills."
Footman was booked into jail Friday after she turned herself in to deputies in neighboring Gadsden County, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday. She was released two hours later, according to Gadsden County inmate records.
The affidavit is said to be based on numerous interviews with faculty members and students, including girls involved in the fights, some of whom went to Footman's sixth grade classroom from other classes to participate, the document stated.
All the girls had had Footman as a teacher at some point, the affidavit said. Some "were called out of other classes to go engage in these fights," it said.
Footman denied calling the girls out of those rooms, it said.
Two fights took place March 22 and one on March 23, the document says. They involved six girls who paired off, it said. No one reported being injured.
