A Georgia middle school teacher resigned after he tossed an 11-year-old student across the classroom and allegedly made sexual remarks about the child’s mother.
DeRenne Middle School student, identified as TJ, stood up from his desk and approached the teacher, BeTreylin Elder, at the front of his classroom to stop him from talking about his mom, according to WTOC.
“I was told that he had a share of words that were inappropriate to TJ and that he had made some remarks about me and my son was unhappy with it,” Che’Nelle Russell told the outlet.
Georgia sixth-grader TJ is grabbed by teacher BeTreylin Elder inside a classroom at DeRenne Middle School on Dec. 6, 2024. WTOCTJ and Elder, who is also the school’s football coach, exchanged words before the educator grabbed the 11-year-old’s chest, footage of the altercation showed.
Elder lifted the student off the floor and effortlessly flung him into a desk near other students.
TJ allegedly told Elder to “stop talking about my mom” and wanted to call him out about the teacher’s remarks.
“From that point, he was then grabbed and thrown to the floor like nothing,” Russell explained.
As TJ attempted to get off the floor, Elder stood directly over him.
Russell, who doesn’t know Elder, says the school system failed her as the violent throw has caused her to have a lack of trust in the school.
Elder lifted the student off the floor and effortlessly flung him into a desk near other students. WTOCThe preteen told his mom that Elder’s remarks were “sexual in nature” with one suggesting “that he left his shoes at TJ’s mom’s house,” Russell told the outlet.
School officials removed Elder from the classroom and reassigned him to a different location away from students.
TJ suffered a concussion and multiple bruises and was taken to the emergency room after school Friday, the outlet reported.
Elder submitted his resignation to the school district over the weekend.
School officials removed Elder from the classroom and reassigned him to a different location away from students. Google MapsThe hasty resignation didn’t sit well with Russell, who wanted further discipline against Elder.
“He needs to be placed in jail. He hurt my boy. I’m heartbroken because I wouldn’t do that to my child. His father wouldn’t do that to him. So for him to take the initiative to do that is sickening,” Russell said.
No lawsuits or criminal charges have been filed against Elder, according to Savannah Morning News.
In October, a 27-year-old Brooklyn teacher put a 15-year-old student in a headlock, injuring the pupil to the point of hospitalization.
Elder submitted his resignation to the school district over the weekend. Google MapsThe shocking incident at the High School for Sports Management took place on Oct. 29, sending the injured student to Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital in Brooklyn.
The teacher, Gary Zeng, allegedly attacked the youngster after he entered his classroom without permission, sources told The Post.
Zeng was taken into custody and charged with second-degree strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing, endangering the welfare of a child, and third-degree assault, police said.
The student suffered neck injuries.






