A teacher and teacher’s aide at a Lexington school are on administrative leave after the allegations that, they abused a child with special needs.The child, who was abused, attends the Harrington School in Lexington. The child’s mother said that, in early January, she learned that her child was being abused by their teacher and teacher’s aide.
The child’s mother said that, “The aide chose to stick her foot underneath his bottom, lift his arms and drag him across the room.”
The mother also said that, teacher’s another aide witnessed the incident and reported it. The school allegedly called the Department of Children and Families , and when DCF began to investigate the case, they said they found the other incidents of abuse and neglect of the woman’s child and other children. The mother told to the 7News that, her child was left in wet clothes and in the another incident, their lunch was taken away before they were finished eating it.
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DCF and the school district are now investigating on the case. Lexington’s superintendent wants to know that why all these incidents were not reported when they happened. The mother said she wanted to share what happened to help her child and also the other children who may have been abused, as well as to warn other parents.
“Typical children have the advantage to be able to report it. It takes a team to protect a child, especially a child that’s not verbal and has cognitive disabilities. So not everything is OK.”
School officials said that, further disciplinary action will be taken if other people who witnessed the incident did not report it.
By Mrudula.
