Five school staffers in New Jersey were fired after an 8-year-old girl with autism was taped up in her classroom. The girl’s mother, told News 12 New Jersey that her daughter was restrained at Brackman Middle School in Barnegat, where she attends a special program, according to PEOPLE.
The girl’s mother, Kasi Spinelli, informed News 12, “A resource officer from the school called me and said my daughter’s wrists were bound together by tape … Another half hour went by, and the resource officer called me back and said it was also on her mouth.”
Spinelli mentioned that she received photos of her non-verbal daughter taped up in various outfits, indicating the incidents occurred on multiple days. Barnegat’s school superintendent, Brian Latwis, informed PEOPLE that the Board of Education agreed to fire one teacher and four paraprofessionals, all unnamed, involved in this situation.
News 12 reported that Barnegat officials discovered no crime; however, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says the investigation is ongoing.
In a YouTube video from Spinelli’s attorneys, the mother shared her daughter’s experience, saying the girl was taped up with painter’s tape. “She can’t come home and tell me about her day,” Spinelli explained. Due to her child being non-verbal, Spinelli took her to the emergency room for testing for possible sexual abuse.
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