A teacher at an elementary school in Greenwood has been arrested and charged with assault.
Frances Hitt has been arrested in connection to a July 22nd assault incident at Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School.
Hitt was charged with third-degree assault and battery after being accused of assaulting one of her first-grade students.
The Greenwood County Sheriff's Office reports that a parent said Hitt removed a chair from under a six-year-old child while they were sitting in it.
After reviewing video, deputies report that Hitt was questions but that she claimed she could not remember much of the incident due to to short-term memory issues.
Greenwood County District 50 said that Hitt was put on administrative leave as of July 22nd.


