A former Rockdale County “Teacher of the Year” has been charged with physically assaulting a 13-year-old student.
Rockdale County jail records show Melvin McClain faces charges of cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in third degree and simple battery.
According to the student’s attorneys, on Dec. 1, Malachi Sherman was hit 20 times in the stomach and head by McClain, a teacher at Conyers Middle School…