Officers with the Natchitoches Police Department were notified on Feb. 25 of a reported battery involving a juvenile at L.P. Vaughn Elementary School.
Upon arrival, officers met with school personnel who advised that Kimberly Hayward, 59 of Natchitoches and a special education teacher at the school, reportedly grabbed and struck the child after the student acted out.
Following an investigation, officers determined there was sufficient evidence to support the charge. Hayward surrendered herself to police March 2 and was arrested on a charge of cruelty to juveniles.
She was booked into the LaSalle Corrections Natchitoches Detention Center and has already bonded out.
