Elk Grove Educator Charged With Assaulting Student, 9, During Recess

Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer A parent educator at Arlene Hein Elementary School, part of the Elk Grove Unified School District, was charged Wednesday with assaulting a child after allegedly grabbing a 9-year-old boy by the neck. The teacher’s aide, David Carroll, was cited and released, according to Sgt. Amar Gandhi with the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office. The third-grade student, Terrance Ivory, got into an argument with another student while playing soccer at recess, Ivory’s mother, Sameerah Chandler, told The OBSERVER. Marks on Terrance Ivory’s neck after a teacher’s aid grabbed him by the neck at school on April 23. Sameerah Chandler After a verbal argument ensued, Carroll allegedly grabbed Ivory but not the other student. Chandler said that even though both students were arguing, only her son was sent to the principal’s office. “That’s what had me enraged,” Chandler said. She then went to the school after receiving a call from the vice principal. That’s when she saw the marks on her son’s neck and called the police at the district office. Chandler said her son has been harassed for the entire six months he has attended Arlene Hein. Earlier in the school year, she said a student...