A Texas mother wants answers after her son came home with bruises on his neck and said he was choked by a teacher’s aide who didn’t let him use the bathroom.
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Last week, Cameron Sommier, 5, was reportedly grabbed by the neck by a teacher’s aide at Beatrice Myers Institute after running out of the classroom to use the bathroom. The incident happened after the kindergarten student asked the teacher’s aide if he could use the bathroom, but she t no. His mother, Denise Sonnier, said she received a call from the school’s nurse last Friday where she described that the skin on his neck was broken and the bruise was shaped like a nail print.
“He said he didn’t want to pee himself, and he ran out the classroom to use the restroom, and that’s how she ended up coming in the restroom and choked him,” Sonnier further explained. Additionally, Cameron said that the same teacher’s aide grabbed him by the ear.
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Sonnier said the ear pulling incident happened a day before the alleged choking incident a day as reported by Fox 26 Houston. The frustrated mother said she wants other parents to know to look out for the signs when their children are being mistreated at school. She has yet to meet with the teacher and the school’s administration about the incident but feels the teacher needs to face consequences for their actions. A police report was filed and Sonnier plans to take her son and his twin sister out of the school.
“I feel like that teacher should be put in jail, she assaulted him.”
In a statement to the outlet, the school’s administration said they were meeting with Sonnier and placed the teacher‘s aide on paid leave until the situation is resolved.
“However, I can share that I am meeting with the student’s parents tomorrow morning. I will also meet with the school employee, who is on paid administrative leave until this matter is resolved. I will be seeking to confirm that our student discipline and school safety policies were implemented correctly. Subsequently, I will appropriate any action necessary for the well-being of the child and of the School.”