Posted on 02/24/2026 9:00:57 PM PST by Morgana
A Texas kindergarten teacher was arrested after allegedly twisting a five-year-old boy’s arm and forcing him into a corner for breaking a pencil, authorities say.
Pamela Mitchell, 64, was taken into custody Thursday, more than a month after police say she attacked a young boy in her Waco classroom at J.H. Hines Elementary for snapping a pencil, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KWTX News.
Court documents revealed that Mitchell grabbed the child, twisted his arm behind his back and dragged him out of his seat.
'She used her knee and placed it in the center of the child's back, forcing the child in the corner,' according to the affidavit.
Mitchell was booked into the McLennan County Jail on Friday and charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony that carries up to 10 years behind bars. She is being held on a $3,000 bond.
'The student has recovered and is free from injury,' WISD spokesperson Jill Anderson told the outlet.
'We recognize the gravity of this situation and remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting the students in our care,' she added.
According to the affidavit, the assault happened on January 8, after Mitchell briefly left the classroom and came back to discover a pencil the boy had allegedly broken.
After being told by her school aide what occurred while she stepped out, Mitchell allegedly lunged at the child and attacked him.
School officers were alerted to the alleged assault after the aide reported it to the Department of Family and Protective Services (CPS), according to KWTX.
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Guilty!! Death by boiling!!
Do I think she should get 10 years in prison? No. And don't worry, that will not happen. It is not like she took a guided tour of the capital or something.
But putting your hands on someone else's child is something that is for extreme situations.
Which breaking a pencil rarely qualifies as.
Sounds like my 6th grade science teacher and her meter stick.
Not funny.
The kid may have been totally undisciplined at home and very disruptive, and the pencil may have been the last straw. Or, she could have been completely guilty and unsuited to the job. Or something in between.
The DailyMail says she has been fired, so maybe the school has a video.
Totally agree.
Once upon a time as a kid I was spanked several times a week. Thank heavens for that.
I wouldn’t mess with her.
She does have that Dennis Rodman look going on.
However strangers do not have the right to put violent hands on other people's children except in certain extreme circumstances.
It is strange that the same people who would decry "It takes a village" are the one's who are fine with a child being physically punished by a stranger for what is, at worse, a very minor infraction.
You remind me of another poster who, after reading about a day care worker who smothered a four month old to death declared that the baby was obviously "totally out of control".
Amazing how violence against children is so often excused.
then take me off your list. soooooo tired of the self righteous here. thats been humor since day one here when the perps are ugly. Lighten Up Francis...
Based on what we did everytime the teacher walked out, all of my teachers would be in jail for mass murder!
I agree with you about the 10 yrs.
Schools. I was spanked in school, and by other parents sometimes heh.
You’re not on a list.
I’m talking about the punishment she doled out to the child.
I got a ping from post 60.
That was only a reply to a post. The only other time I’ve pinged you was because you responded to either JimRob’s birthday thread or his get-well thread, but that won’t be happening any more. Goodbye and good luck.
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