Houston-area teacher accused of punching second-grader

A Houston-area teacher accused of punching a second-grader in the face has been tossed out of school and hit with a felony charge.

"I'm tired of you," Lisa Allison, 48, allegedly told the child, according to court documents.

On Monday, prosecutors filed a felony injury to a child charge for the Oct. 12 incident caught on camera at Landis Elementary School.

Court documents say the footage shows the young student sitting on the floor in a hallway as the teacher bends over him and tells him something.

Then the boy stands up with his backpack and walks away - and the teacher snatches him as he tries to leave.

The two struggle down the hallway and then the teacher punches her pupil in the face, according to the probable cause statement.

The wayward instructor forces the student to the ground and sits on his back, according to the documents.

Eventually administrators arrive and tell her to get up.

The student later told campus police it all started when Allison tossed him out of the classroom. As he gathered his backpack, the teacher allegedly came out and told him, "I'm tired of you."

Allison offered a different recollection of the day's events, according to authorities.

When questioned, she told police the boy was thrown out of class for making noise and that he'd begun kicking lockers in the hallway. She said she only went out to escort him to the office and didn't remember hitting him, but did admit to holding him down on the floor.

"The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged Alief employee Lisa Allison with injury to a child following an investigation by Alief ISD Police and district administrators," the district said in a statement.

"Allison was immediately placed on leave when allegations were brought to the attention of campus and district administrators and will not return."

Allison could not immediately be reached for comment.