A Texas high school substitute teacher was arrested and fired after video appears to show a violent fight with a student

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• Tiffani Shadell Lankford, a substitute teacher for Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, was fired Friday after video was captured showing her in an altercation with a student.
• The incident was recorded and shared via social media by other students in the room. One video appears to show Lankford, 32, repeatedly hitting the student before throwing her onto the ground and stomping on her head.
• In another video, the unnamed student can be seen taking a swipe at Lankford before the substitute teacher hit back.
• Lankford was fired Friday and arrested by Hays County Sheriff's Office. She has been charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony.
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A substitute teacher at a Texas high school was fired Friday after video captured her in an apparent altercation with a student.

The alleged incident was recorded and shared via social media by other students in the room at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas. In the video, the substitute teacher, who police identified as Tiffani Shadell Lankford, appears to be repeatedly hitting the student before throwing her onto the ground and stomping on her head.

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