A teacher at Nursery Road Elementary School was arrested last week and charged with assaulting a student.
Special education teacher Sharon Sweatt, 49, faces a charge of third-degree assault and battery, according to an Oct. 30 booking report from the Lexington County Detention Center.
Bond for Sweatt was set at $1,000. The Lexington-Richland 5 school district said Sweatt had been placed on leave because of the allegations, but declined to comment further because of the ongoing investigation…