Violence driven by anger -- that's what Pointe Coupee Parish officials are calling the beating of a teacher at Livonia High School. Police said the student was responding to his teacher writing him up.

The school lights warn drivers to proceed slowly, and students are back in class Tuesday. But Monday, it was a different story at Livonia High in Pointe Coupee Parish.

"He said he was tired of teachers lying to him and bringing his name up in things he wasn't involved in," said Livonia police chief Brad Joffrion.

Joffrion said 17-year-old Quinton Jamaal Carter was written up by his physical science teacher on Friday and Monday.

After that, police said that Carter began asking others at the school what would happen if he beat up a teacher. Authorities found out, and he was sent to the office for questioning, but he wasn't there too long.

"Then all of a sudden, while in the administration office, he suddenly jumps out the chair, runs out the office and runs into the classroom. The student just busted the door, and attacked the teacher violently," said Joffrion.

Carter has been charged with second-degree battery of a school teacher, resisting an officer and disturbing the peace. But Pointe Coupee Parish School Board Superintendent Dr. Dan Rawls said something of this occurrence is very rare.

"Since I've been in this district, I've only had two cases like this," said Rawls.

As a former teacher and a victim of student violence himself, Rawls said they already have the proper safety measures in place at all middle and high schools in the parish.

"We have SR officers at our two middle and high school levels at Livonia and Pointe Coupee Central," said Rawls.

So even though there was a fight at Livonia High, Rawls said this doesn't define their school system.

The St. Landry parish teacher, whose name is not being released, suffered moderate bruising and has been released from the hospital.

As for Carter, he remains at the Pointe Coupee Parish jail on a $100,000 bond.