Gladewater Teacher Facing Charges
Posted/updated on: June 9, 2015 at 6:51 pm
GLADEWATER — Charges are pending against a former Gladewater kindergarten teacher. Police Chief Robert Vine Tells KETK, Amanda Hickman is facing one count of injury to a child, a state jail felony. Authorities are looking into allegations that she injured a young student. The boy’s mother claims her son had permission to be under the teacher’s desk to wind down when he becomes agitated or antsy. During this time the boy grabbed some candy from the teacher’s drawer. The mother said the teacher grabbed the boy by his feet and dragged him out of the classroom. Investigators are said to have delivered a summery of the case report to the Gregg County District Attorney’s office on June 1.
