MACON, Ga (AP) – A Georgia teacher has been accused of aggressively handling two 7-year-old students.
News outlets report 53-year-old Roger Clark was arrested and charged with simple battery Tuesday, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
Clark was a teacher at L.H. Williams Elementary School in Macon.
He has resigned.
The sheriff’s office says Clark snatched one student from his desk, held him against a wall and shoved him.
He’s accused of grabbing the other student by the arms, and also holding him against a wall and shoving him.
Clark was booked in jail.
It’s unclear whether he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.