Posted on 04/09/2024 7:23:58 PM PDT by lowbridge
Fractured bones, a knocked-out tooth, deep bruises, and immeasurable heartache. Those are just some of the injuries suffered by at least three students with autism allegedly at the hands of a Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional trusted to care for them.
The kids take a dedicated bus provided by the LPS transportation system to get to one of Colorado's most highly regarded private schools for students with autism – The Joshua School. Yet, as some parents discovered and told CBS News Colorado – that bus was a place of torture.
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That video was shared Tuesday morning, showing Dax aboard that LPS bus sitting next to paraprofessional Kiarra Jones. It was recorded March 18 and captures Jones, 28, physically abusing the 10-year-old boy – repeatedly elbowing him in the stomach, slapping his face, and stomping on his feet.
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Jess said she noticed strange bumps and bruises on her son months ago, dating back to September 2023. She brought her concerns to staff at The Joshua School, who confirmed with her Dax did not suffer those injuries while in their care. Jess said she then brought her concerns to LPS, but they told her there was nothing to be concerned about. Then, Jess said, her son's injuries became worse, and she demanded answers from the district.
"I notified LPS on March 18 and on March 19 got a phone call from Littleton police informing me that an LPS employee had severely abused my child," she said. "I went to the LPS transportation building and was in utter shock."
The video made her sick, she said, and that stomach-turning intensified when police said other children were also abused, allegedly at the hands of Jones as well.
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Looks like a DEI hire.
What the heck is wrong with people?
When you see someone with dead eyes you don’t hire there to deal with the young, disabled or elderly. Anyone too stupid to know that should be fired.
It’s them again, Yogi.
I’ll bet she IS.
When you see someone with dead eyes you don’t hire there to deal with the young, disabled or elderly. Anyone too stupid to know that should be fired.
Oh and in this situation the bus driver should be fired too... No way that kind of abuse could go on for months without the busdriver noticing.
Has she been arrested? I would have been.
Many years ago I was was questioned by investigators about my son’s bus aide.
There was never any reason to believe she had mistreated him, and the investigators wouldn’t say why they were asking questions...I got the impression it was her boyfriend’s child.
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Absolutely.
I think the take-away here is that they taught an ape to drive a bus.
My kids knew I always had their back. If anyone did something to them or asked them to do something they were not comfortable with, they knew they could speak up, resist, defy, fight back...it didn’t matter who.
I would defend them to the death and crush anyone who messed with them. I taught them stranger danger, how to value their person, and how to deal with bullies.
One would think that with this kind of encouragement, my kids would have been total heathens. On the contrary, they were universally regarded as some of the best kids in the class.
My kids were not afraid of anyone except me.
And if I sat down from across an administrator, they quickly learned I was not to be triffeld with.
Right! Instead, when I hire someone with "dead eyes," I immediately assign them to a posting with HR.
Regards,
Civil suit time.
It’s them again, Boo Boo.
Looks like it has an IQ of about 65.
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