Country Club Hills substitute teacher Cheryl Moore charged with assaulting student at Meadowview Intermediate School, police say
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COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (WLS) — A substitute teacher has been charged with assaulting a student in a classroom at a school in the south suburbs.

Parents at Meadowview Intermediate School in Country Club Hills shared their outrage over the incident.

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According to the Country Club Hills police, officers were dispatched to the school following a reported battery incident. A police report was filed last week, and charges have now been pressed.

Officials announced on Wednesday that Cheryl Moore, a 68-year-old woman from Chicago, is facing charges of battery involving physical contact and endangering a child.

During a school board meeting Tuesday night, some parents called for Country Club School District 160 Superintendent Dr. Duane Meighan to step down.

Parents and family members sought explanations last Friday after accusing Moore, a substitute teacher, of allegedly using physical force on a fourth-grade student, resulting in injuries to at least two other students.

“She cornered me, hit him in back of my head, and choked me,” fourth grade student Kristen White said.

Ella McEwen, the grandmother of the fourth grade student involved, said she learned about the incident through her grandson.

“He don’t want to go back into school right now, and he’s different because of the shake up from yesterday,” McEwen said. “When they were in the hallway, some kids were making noise… they said, ‘Who did that?’ She chased him, and she told another student to block him, to keep from going past, and that’s when she ran and I was told she choked him, she did him like this and hit him in the back of the head.”

Other concerned parents spoke out Friday morning. Jessica Camacho said her son was also hurt in the chain of events.

“He told me that a teacher was choking on students, so he got pushed over tables, so he got hurt on his belly,” Camacho said.

Superintendent Dr. Meighan walked up to news crews Friday and confirmed an incident had taken place.

“There was an incident involving and staff member from a third party group that we actually work with,” Dr. Meighan said. “The events and descriptions highlighted on social media are not accurate. This particular staff member will not be returning.”

The superintendent would not give further details on the incident Friday, but did say the staff member involved will not be returning.

ABC7 reached out to the school district for additional comment Wednesday after the announcement of criminal charges but has not yet heard back.

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