Assaults by DISD students on staff have doubled in recent years

by Tawnell D. Hobbs of the Dallas Morning News

Diana May didn't think to look down after leaving a portable building at Seagoville High School. So she didn't see the tripwire strung across a walkway.

Diana May had to fight for retroactive assault leave pay after she fell over a tripwire at Seagoville High School. A DISD hearing officer in June awarded her nearly three months of retroactive assault leave pay and reinstated the sick days that she used to heal.

The special-education teacher landed hard on the cement, receiving multiple injuries, mainly to her neck and lower back. She spent two and a half months recuperating.

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