A director and a teacher at a Christian preschool in east Georgia have been arrested after the teacher allegedly assaulted children in the school’s care, according to the Augusta Chronicle.
Two parents of children at Foundations Christian Preschool on South Belair Road in Augusta filed complaints in October with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office alleging their children were being abused.
Shannon McCune, 27, struck a 4-year-old with a flag pole and grabbed a 5-year-old child by the arm and hit him with a yard stick on several occasions, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the Chronicle. She was arrested Dec. 22 on two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, the newspaper reported.
The preschool’s director, Melinda Sue Williams, 34, was arrested and charged Tuesday with failure to report the alleged child abuse.
Both women have since been released on bond.
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