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Former Ball-Chatham School Employee Charged with Aggravated Battery

By Greg Halbleib Mar 4, 2026 | 5:33 AM

A former Ball-Chatham Schools employee is charged with aggravated battery after allegedly spraying students with a cleaning solution last month.

Court documents entered this week indicate 62-year-old Susan Perko was charged on February 20.

Newschannel 20 reports investigators reviewing surveillance video saw Perko enter a cafeteria at Glenwood Elementary School with a bottle and spraying a group of students with a substance later determined to be a cleaning solution.

Perko resigned last week. The district said it was cooperating with the criminal investigation and would not comment further since it was a personnel matter.