Teacher resigns after student thrown from window

COVINGTON - A teacher at a Newton County school has resigned after officials say she admitted she told two students to throw a 14-year-old girl from a classroom window.<br> <br> The teacher, a 63-year-old Conyers resident, was not immediately arrested after the Monday incident, which took place at Sharp Learning Center. But the Newton County Sheriff&#39;s Office is investigating.<br> <br> The student, whose name was not released, was taken to Newton General Hospital on Tuesday night for neck pains and cuts to her body, said Newton County Sheriff&#39;s Office investigator Marty Roberts.<br> <br> According to an incident report by resource officer Brian Chiappetta, the incident took place in the morning during second period. The students were in class when the teacher took a photograph of some of the students, the report said. When the girl asked why the teacher had taken her picture, the teacher allegedly responded with a disparaging remark about the girl&#39;s appearance.<br> <br> The girl became upset and began to use profanity and hit the office assist button on the classroom wall, the incident report said. The teacher then allegedly told two 14-year-old boys to pick up the girl and throw her out the window.<br> <br> The two boys later told principal Kenneth Daniels that they threw the girl out the window because they did not want to be written up for disobeying a teacher.<br> <br> The teacher resigned Wednesday, Roberts said.<br> <br> Roberts said he has been told that the school board will leave it up to the girl&#39;s parents to pursue criminal charges against the teacher. But he said his investigation is ongoing.<br> <br> ``I&#39;ve had incidents involving schools, but I&#39;ve never heard of such a thing where the teacher instructs students like this,&#39;&#39; Roberts said.