. >> kendra gary was livid learning a student was hit by a teacher at sanders middle school thursday. >> i'm glad that the police and everybody else got to them instead of the mom. if it was me i would want her instead of the police. >> it was the feeling shared by other parents in laurens county. brandy overmyer was charged with assaulting a student. >> the superintendent said overmyer was no longer employed and that type of behavior cannot and will not be tolerated. >> i think that's right protocol. >> overmyer's self-written bio she said this was her first year at sanders teaching english and language arts. she has no disciplinary history on his teaching license. >> rob treble said times has changed. >> you used to pull out the paddle and whoop kids, punish them. now you can't. i hate to hear anyone lose their jobs. >> for mom kendra gary she said we can't look back. >> times and techniques have changed. student is fine laurens city >> reporter: the district said that student is fine. meanwhile, the laurens police investigation. overmyer face as it's a misdemeanor that comes with a

as word spread today parents like kendra gary said there's no place for this in the classroom. >> wow. i thought i was the only one that was supposed to discipline my kids and teach them how to go on the straight and narrow way, not the >> reporter: today the laurens district 55 superintendent told us that she was no longer employed and this this type of behavior and cannot and will not be tolerated. >> overmyer taught language arts and reading. she has no disciplinary action on her teachers license. >>> hackers are causing headaches for pickens county schools. this has been happening for weeks. the site will crash because of robotic systems created by hackers. they haven't gotten access to any employee or student information. the state department of education said other districts are dealing with similar problems. >>> a sheriff's deputy recovering after a shooting in the low country is from the upstate. berkeley county corporal kimber gist is a woodruff graduate. she was shot twice trying to put a suspect in her patrol car during a traffic the -- last night. if suspect went to a home