Amelia Stripling is a former Special Education teacher at Tift County Pre-K Center in Tifton, Georgia. Amelia Stripling was a teacher for 22 years before resigning.

On March 17, 2016 a surveillance video caught Stripling intentionally knocking a special needs student to the floor in a school hallway. She was arrested and resigned the next day.

Tift County School officials said the young boy was not injured, and reported the incident to the Division of Family and Children Services.

Stripling was arrested for thrusting her knee into the 4 year old boy's back causing him to fall.