A local school district has launched an investigation into a teacher's tirade inside a classroom full of students.
"I'm trying to do something, and I can't keep babysitting you. Close the door!" the teacher yells at the students.
A student caught the expletive-laden rant on camera.
The guardian of a student at Crawford Long Middle School told Channel 2's Erica Byfield she was in the building when the principal found out and seconds later, the teacher was yanked from her classroom.
"Stop! I ain't f****** playing with you. You want to play? Stay home with your mama," the teacher says in the video.
Santosha Manuel said she told her niece to shoot the video.
"Two months ago, Yvette came home and said the teacher had said 'f you' to her and to sit down," Manuel said. "I told her, if it happened again, to get proof, and that's what her cellphone was for and to record it so that I would have proof this time."
District leaders confirmed the teacher in the video works at Crawford Long Middle School in southwest Atlanta.
Manuel said she wants answers and that the teacher needs to explain why, during her rant, she slammed her student's mothers.
"I have a f****** job, half your mothers don't," the teacher says in the video.
"You are talking down to them, you are talking bad about their parents," Manuel said.
The district sent Channel 2 the following statement:
"Atlanta Public Schools (APS) promotes a culture of ethics to which all employees are expected to adhere. This is a personnel matter that is currently being investigated. However, APS can confirm that the teacher is not currently assigned to work directly with students."
