On Tuesday January 25, 2022, Sekai was in line, transitioning back to the classroom with other students in the hallway. Sekai is 4’ 7” 87 lbs, and the student in line behind him appeared to be about 5’6” 130 lbs (maybe). That kid pushed Sekai to the ground intentionally, then reached down and fist punched him 3 times and kicked him with his shoes in the face. He then backed up and retuned to kick Sekai again with his shoes in his upper body. Sekai can be seen on the video in a fetal position covering his head. Just as I thought someone would surely intervene,  the kid came back and kicked Sekai again while he was still on the floor. Then and only then the male Paraprofessional is seen placing himself between the big kid and Sekai. The whole time this incident was taking place, there are 3 adults seen just watching. One female, pushing a kid in a wheelchair, another female doing line control ( I think), then the male that eventually stepped in. Not one of them asked the kid to stop or tried to stop/prevent the violent attack.

 

I was informed of the incident on that afternoon. After school hours, by Mrs Brown (Assistant Principle). She said “ Sekai was involved in an incident where another student pushed him down and punched him”. She sent him to the nurse to be checked out for any visible signs of injury. She never said that he was violently beaten and kicked while the 3 adults did nothing.

 

When Sekai got home that day, I examined him and found no visible signs of injury, so I was led to believe that it was just child’s play. Sekai is non-verbal but has a history of head trauma. Had I know then, we would have gone straight to the emergency room. On Thursday, January 27, 2022 Sekai had a routine EEG  schedule and performed at the request of his Neurologist. And that procedure showed no new signs of concern, however they were checking for Seizures as he is Epileptic. We are waiting for the doctor’s orders to have a CT Scan performed.

 

I wasn’t comfortable, knowing that Sekai had been attacked for no apparent reason, so I requested to view the video of the incident. Mrs Brown, the Assistant Principle granted my request and I viewed the video on Monday January 31, 2022. She replayed it as many times as I needed to process in my mind what had actually happened to my child. I was speechless, angry, and truly disturbed to watch the video of Sekai being  beaten by this much bigger kid and 3 adults stood there and did nothing. I asked to speak to the Principle Mr Pruitt, but he was attending to another matter and was unavailable.  I called the school later that day and left a message for him to return my call, but he never did. I also called the School District to speak with the Super Intendant, Mrs Amerson, but she was out of the office, and her assistant Ms Gomez took my information and said that she would have her to call me or set up a Zoom meeting. I received a call from Mrs Amerson on Tuesday February 1, 2022  at 11 am. She said that Mr Pruit sent her the video, the next day after the incident. I told her that I was still waiting to speak with Mr Pruit, but she said that she had advised him to allow her to call me instead. I told her that I felt all of the adults seen in the video should be terminated, I want a copy of the video, and some type of disciplinary action for the kid. That kid looked like they had done this before. I said that I don’t believe those adults have any training in ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis (which they should of they’re dealing with Special Needs Students). She said that she understands my concerns and agree with everything that I was saying, but could not disclose what actions the school district was taking, She also said that she gave Mr Pruit her recommendations  as well as, she would be making a personal appearance to the school on this Thursday, February 3, 2022. She told me that I would have to request the video from their legal department of public records, and she would send me a link to do so, but I haven’t received it yet. Mrs Amerson went on to ask if it would make me feel better to transfer Sekai to another school in the wake of all that is transpiring. I was so angry, that I told her ”NO…that would NOT make me feel better”. She apologized, and I said that change is not good for Sekai. He just got to his new school and is finally settling in. She should change the other that don’t need to be there.

 

Finally, I told Mrs Amerson that this is the second disturbing incident involving my student in the Aldine ISD since he’s been there. Three years ago, a Paraprofessional was seen on video hitting Sekai in the head with an IPad. The two adults in the room including the one who hit him, were both terminated. I didn’t pursue this incident any further. This time, I want results, justice, and swift action, within the school district as a whole. I don’t want them to replace those individuals with some of the same, untrained, unprofessional people, that don’t care about how these students are being treated. If my child could communicate like us, I would have him to go back and defend himself. It is so heartbreaking to watch him on the floor in a fetal position being punched and kick by someone twice his size.  

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