'Appalling' footage from Louisiana preschool 'fight club' shows teachers laughing while 4-year-old is pummeled

Shocking footage showed 2 Louisiana preschool teachers laughing portion they allowed students to bushed up a classmate during an appalling fight.

Devastated mother Olevia Robinson told WAFB her four-year-old lad was being pummeled astatine Riveroaks Elementary School successful January successful the combat club-style videos.

The ma said the teachers claimed her lad was having behavioral problems, but was past sent the disturbing videos earlier a parent-teacher meeting.

One clip showed a teacher yelling astatine a pupil to halt punching Robinson's lad portion the teacher who recorded it is laughing.

In different video, Robinson's lad was filmed being deed portion a teacher records it. When different pupil tried to interruption up the fight, the teacher said, 'That ain't got thing to bash with you.'

Robinson said she planned a parent-teacher gathering due to the fact that her lad was suspended for kicking different student, but aft she saw the videos, she went to the principal.  

'I believed the teachers saying my lad conscionable wants to get retired of a punishment, but the full clip that wasn't the case,' said Robinson.

'The teachers told her that they were trying to grounds his behaviour successful the classroom, but that video didn't amusement thing astir my son's behavior. It showed children that was hitting connected him.'

Robinson said the videos were recorded weeks earlier she was shown them and the teachers ne'er mentioned them.

'They brought that video to [the principal's] attraction contiguous due to the fact that they recovered retired I had the video. That video was taken January 13th astatine 11:50. The different video 11:51. So if it was thing that y'all wanted to amusement me, it would person been shown,' she said.

'He whitethorn person not been physically hurt, earnestly hurt, but mentally helium was hurt. Emotionally, helium was hurt. His spot was hurt. He can't spot anyone astatine the school.' 

East Baton Rouge Public Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole said the teachers progressive person been placed connected administrative permission portion the incidental is being investigated. 

'To presumption that behaviour by the adults successful the schoolroom is beyond appalling, it's beyond disappointing, and it's downright disgusting,' Cole said.

'I bash privation to accidental to the families, don't fto the 2 employees who made atrocious decisions not beryllium a reflection of each of the different employees who travel and bash it close each azygous day.'

Concerned parents from the Riveroaks Elementary School assemblage told WBRZ they were not amazed by the incidental and assertion bullying and fights are rampant astatine the school.

'This happens each the time. My granddaughter was picked connected past twelvemonth due to the fact that she's precise tiny and she wears glasses. And it's similar they basal determination and ticker them,' a grandparent said. 

'I told my daughter, I said I request her transferred. I'm sick of it, I request her transferred. Because adjacent twelvemonth it whitethorn beryllium thing different.'

A genitor said, 'My lad has travel location and told maine aggregate stories astir however helium has tried to halt fights connected the playground and the teacher's basal determination and don't bash thing astir it.

'It's aggregate grades and they would bully and commencement fights connected the small kids. He has said that he's gotten pushed down earlier trying to measurement up and basal up for different kid successful his grade. So I'm not surprised.'