GORDON COUNTY, Ga. — A substitute teacher in Gordon County is facing charges after deputies say she was involved in an incident with a student.
On Friday, deputies received a report that there was a physical incident involving an adult and a 4th grade student at Swain Elementary School.
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Investigators ultimately arrested Olivia Forrest, the 22-year-old substitute teacher, and charged her with simple battery and disruption of a public school.
Details on what exactly led up to the incident or what happened have not been released.
Gordon County Schools confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that this was Forrest’s first year as a substitute. She was contracted through Kelly Education Staffing according to the district.
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