A veteran South Carolina teacher recently retired after a video spread online of her making physical contact with a student who was sleeping at his desk.
In response, a member of the school board has resigned over the way the teacher was treated, while current and former students have mounted a social media campaign to voice their support for the teacher, including launching an online petition.
A march was even held, with the goal of getting the teacher back in the classroom.
Lisa Houston is the teacher at the center of the controversy. She taught math at Palmetto High School in Anderson County for 27 years
A video shows Houston standing on a desk, gently tapping the student on the face and twisting his head, pulling his hair, stomping her foot on the desk and pushing him in the chest with the bottom of her foot before climbing down.
Houston immediately retired last week after the incident.
