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LiberalArkie

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Arkansas private school director accused of orchestrating 'child fight club' [View all]

May 2, 2025

JONESBORO, Ark. — A private school director and three employees are facing charges of permitting child abuse for what the prosecuting attorney is calling a "makeshift child fight club."

The charges come after Craighead County Judge David Boling and Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood found probable cause to charge the four people after law enforcement officials viewed a video showing a student striking another while in the presence of 50-year-old Mary Tracy Morrison, the school director.

The other three arrested are 45-year-old Kathrine Mae Lipscomb, 38-year-old Michael Bean, and 36-year-old Danielle Bell. All four a being charged with permitting child abuse.

Police say that in the video Morrison, who is the founder of The Delta Institute for Developing the Brain in Jonesboro, can be seen sitting in the middle of a circle with a students and surrounded by 18 other students.

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https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/arkansas-private-school-director-orchestrating-child-fight-club/91-3e33447f-233c-48da-9018-6b6d209789ef

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Arkansas private school director accused of orchestrating 'child fight club' [View all] LiberalArkie May 3 OP

OMG! And Mary founded the Delta Institute for Developing the Brain? SheltieLover May 3 #1

Do private schools have the same oversight as public schools? Irish_Dem May 3 #2

well, how much spanish do they really need? ret5hd May 3 #4

No, they do not have to pass the same tests as public schools. LiberalArkie May 3 #5

So the private religious schools could be GOP grifting. Irish_Dem May 3 #7

More than likely are. As just about all of them started to avoid integration and in a large number of wealthy schools LiberalArkie May 3 #8

The irony is that the local schools here are excellent. Irish_Dem May 3 #9

Usually parents put their kids in private schools so their kids do not mix with poorer kids or kids not their race. LiberalArkie May 3 #12

Yes, this could be the case. Irish_Dem May 3 #13

Oh, it is. It most definitely is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 3 #14

As John Barth said, it's easy to teach something you know all about. Midnight Writer May 3 #10

Does this school receive voucher money from the state? jls4561 May 3 #3

Don't they know? IjustDontlikeRepugs May 3 #6

Raising future cannon fodder for Whiskey Pete's He-Man Women-Haters Army Midnight Writer May 3 #11