White House, TN: Autistic 5yo student charged with assault

Nov 10, 2025, Tennessean:  5-year-old with autism charged with assault after outbursts at Sumner County school

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2025/11/10/tennessee-kindergartener-with-autism-charged-assault-sumner-county/87014979007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=undefined&gca-ft=0&gca-ds=sophi

Larry Burke, a school resource officer at H.B. Williams Elementary School in White House, filed for charges of aggravated assault and simple assault to be taken out against the kindergartener in early September, records show. The boy is accused of throwing chairs, overturning furniture and tossing items around a classroom. One child was struck with a plastic hourglass while others were hit with glue sticks, a toy and a flexible piece of furniture, according to the documents. The report said the boy later pushed a child to the ground at recess and struck the child on the arm. . . .