CHICAGO (CBS) — The mother of a 12-year-old special needs child is making a serious charge against a charter school employee.
She says her son was beaten and slammed to the ground as other children looked on, CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports.
Monice Guess describes her son Rashawn as, “Hyper. Moody at times.” But she insists her did not deserve what happened on Oct. 5.
At Foundations College Prep on 109th Place, Guess says a teacher’s aide attacked Rashawn in a classroom.
“She grabbed him by the neck, threw him against some steel lockers that’s in the classroom and threw him down the ground and she slapped him a few times,” Guess says.
According a school incident report, Rashawn and the teacher’s aide argued after he had a verbal altercation with another student.
The report says the teacher’s aide ordered Rashawn to leave the classroom and he refused.
Witnesses describe the teacher’s aide driving Rashawn to the ground, and the boy trying to fight back.
“He did tell me after she attacked him, he picked up a chair. But any dog would bite back,” Guess describes.
And still, Guess says the school should be a safe haven for her son, who has special needs. “And to know someone physically attacked by son, it’s very traumatic to him, traumatic to me and my family.”
Guess has filed a police report and wants the teacher’s aide arrested.
In response to the claims, CPS spokesman Michael Passman said, “We are deeply concerned by these allegations, and we have engaged the charter school operator to ensure the allegations were appropriately addressed and proper protocols were followed.”
from CBS Chicago http://ift.tt/2eoZoQD
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