MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A substitute teacher filling in at South Ocala Elementary School has been fired from the Marion County Public School District after several students accused her of slapping, grabbing, and pushing kids, and of using racial slurs and other curse words.

Parents were livid about the initial situation. This week, FOX 35 learned that the substitute would likely not face charges under Florida law that allows corporal punishment in schools. Parents FOX 35 talked with are livid about that new development.

The backstory:

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, South Ocala Elementary School sent a letter to parents home with the students, which stated that there had been an allegation of a substitute teacher "unfitting language and physical actions that violated [the school’s] safety expec

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