Stockbridge Elementary teacher faces battery charges

The Brief

  • Linda Sturdivant, an educator at Stockbridge Elementary School, is charged with seven counts of simple battery involving five non-verbal students.
  • According to court documents, the incidents are alleged to have happened over the course of two days in early August 2024.
  • A warrant was issued for Sturdivant’s arrest in December, but one parent alleges she did not learn about the investigation until February.

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. A Henry County elementary school teacher has been charged with seven counts of simple battery.

Linda Sturdivant, an educator at Stockbridge Elementary School, is accused of injuring at least five students, some of whom are nonverbal.

Linda Sturdivant charged

What we know:

An educator at Stockbridge Elementary School has been charged with seven counts of simple battery.

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