Parent attacks teacher with stapler

GARY, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say an angry parent attacked a fourth-grade teacher with a stapler at a Gary school while students watched.

Police arrested the woman shortly after the attack Thursday afternoon at Beveridge Elementary School. Gary Community School
Corp. spokeswoman Sarita Stevens says the woman entered the school from an unlocked door.

Stevens says the woman, who is expected to face assault charges, was upset over the teacher's disciplinary tactics with her child. Stevens says the teacher was treated for head wounds at a local hospital. A message seeking detail on charges was left Saturday with police.

The woman had earlier canceled a meeting with the school's principal and director of elementary education.