Gulfport, Florida - Gulfport Police arrested a Boca Ciega High School teacher and charged him with child abuse on a student.
46-year-old John Able is accused of striking a student after a verbal altercation during a school lockdown on Friday.
According to Pinellas County Schools, Able has been reassigned to a work site with no student contact while on paid administrative leave.
Able was arrested Monday morning and is being booked into the Pinellas County Jail.
10 News has learned Able was hired January 3rd as a temporary teacher, teaching English until the end of the year. He previously taught at a private school in Kentucky.