The teacher is seen on the floor at Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School in Hempstead. (credit: Facebook)

HEMSPTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A middle school teacher is recovering from a beating in school, and police say it was at the hands of a student’s mother.

Annika McKenzie, 34, marched into her daughter’s school, the Alberta Gray Schultz Middle School in Hempstead, Wednesday where police said she nearly choked the life out of a veteran math teacher, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported.

McKenzie was charged with second-degree assault, 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera reported.

McKenzie pleaded not guilty Thursday. She posted $10,000 bail and did not speak to reporters after her arraignment.