Disturbing cell phone video has emerged showing a Georgia teacher getting pummeled when she tries to get in the middle of two brawling students.

The video posted to YouTube on Wednesday shows the unidentified teacher being pounded on the head as she tries to break up the fighting pair of pupils inside a classroom at Rome Middle School in Floyd County.

The school superintendent told WSB-TV that the school is aware of the incident, but had no further comment.

Locals were horrified by the violent behavior shown in the video.

“That’s a very unfortunate situation… unfortunate for that teacher to get caught up in that,” Floyd County resident Rosemary Ringer told the news outlet.