A mother has filed a federal lawsuit against the Newark Board of Education, claiming a teacher’s aide beat her 7-year-old son, who has autism, until he was bleeding and covered in bruises.charged earlier this month with two counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child,Foushee, 33, could not be reached for comment Friday and it was unclear from court documents whether he has an attorney.
A probable cause affidavit filed in the criminal case on May 10 said video footage shows the aide pushing the boy. In addition to the school board, the lawsuit names the city of Newark, the Quitman Street Community School and Foushee. Court documents state the mother took her child to a doctor, who recommended she take him to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and call police.
The lawsuit claims that officials with the school, district and the city “had for years known about several unrelated illegal assaults,” but they avoided documenting, investigating or reporting them.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Everyone who covered up the first incident should be fired and never allowed to work in the educational industry again.
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