LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Iroquois High School teacher involved in an altercation that went viral between a student in October 2019 has resigned.
According to JCPS spokesperson Renee Murphy, Carrie Durham Adams resigned on January 6.
According to Lt. Colonel Carl Yates with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the fight allegedly began over a cell phone. Yates says the teacher was trying to get him to put the cell phone away which then escalated.
The 16-year-old student was arrested and charged with third-degree assault.
The teacher, according to Yates, is not being charged.
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