An assistant principal at a Hollywood elementary school was granted bond Monday during his first appearance before a judge after his arrest on domestic battery and robbery charges.

Marc Horowitz, 53, was arrested Sunday on charges of robbery by sudden snatching and domestic violence battery, Broward jail records showed.

Horowitz, an assistant principal at Orange Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, was reassigned following his arrest, Broward County Public Schools officials said.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies had responded to a disturbance call in the 16000 block of Southwest 5th Way in Weston around 11:58 p.m. on Friday.

Deputies learned Horowitz had been involved in a domestic disturbance where he physically assaulted the victim and snatched their phone, officials said.

During his Monday morning bond court appearance, it was learned the alleged victim is the mother of his two children.

The judge set Horowitz’s bond at $3,000 and ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim, although he’s allowed to communicate through a third party for coordinating child care, custody, and support.

Horowitz’s reassignment is “pending further Human Resources review and action, which may include termination,” a district spokesman said.

In 2021, Horowitz was nominated for Broward Teacher of the Year while working as an instructional coach at Flamingo Elementary School in Davie.

At Orange Brook Elementary, news of his arrest caught some parents and grandparents by surprise as they dropped off students Monday morning.

“It’s not really good for the school, it’s not, for my family, for my son, it’s not,” mother Brenda Rodriguez said.

“And to hear something like that, it’s kinda frightening, you know, we’re trusting our children to people like that,” said Jacquelyn Peterson, whose granddaughter attends the school.

Broward Teacher’s Union President Anna Fusco said she used to work with Horowitz at Orange Brook.

“Everybody wants answers of exactly what happened, so I think that’s the biggest question right now. What exactly happened that led to this assistant principal that is responsible for working with children arrested for battery domestic violence and theft,” Fusco said.