Arkansas school director sentenced for running "child fight club"

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Well, this is pretty twisted.

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That's certainly one way to pass the time during long, dreary school days.

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I'm not about to break the first rule of Child Fight Club, so here's KAIT out of Arkansas:

A Jonesboro school director accused of being the 'ringleader of a makeshift child fight club' pleaded guilty to one count of permitting child abuse and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

Sonia F. Hagood, prosecuting attorney for the Second Judicial District, said that Mary Tracy Morrison was sentenced to 60 months' probation on the child abuse charge and 12 months' probation for each of the other charges. She will also serve 30 days in the Craighead County Detention Center.

This is some disturbing stuff from someone tasked with taking care of kids. Though possibly she has multiple personalities.

Investigators obtained video and audio through a search warrant. The video showed Morrison 'instructed the child to sit on the floor while being surrounded on the outside of a circle by 18 other juvenile students and Dr. Morrison.' The affidavit stated that Morrison told the other students to put their hands on the child in the center, as well as 'hitting the child with an unknown object.'

While Morrison verbally berated the child, another student kicked and choked the victim. In response, Morrison could be seen 'giving the juvenile a high five, displaying her pleasure with the student's actions.'

When the incident ended, Morrison 'instructed the victim to apologize to all other students' and said the situation should not be discussed again.

Morrison will be prohibited from working with children in any capacity upon her release.

At some point, she'll also need to be held accountable for her other big mistake:

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Seriously though, can we stop hiring total psychos to teach our kids?

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