Several staffers at a Texas elementary school have been fired for allegedly bullying a six-year-old autistic girl and encouraging others to do the same, her father says.
Daniel Hall, 37, told KTRK that his daughter, Trinity, was ‘manhandled’ by a special education teacher and three teacher’s aides at Jan Schiff Elementary in Fort Bend County on April 14.
Hall said he was not notified of the incident until weeks later, when Principal Tiffany Agina contacted him to inform him that the staffers had been fired.
The principal shared surveillance footage with Hall that allegedly showed the unidentified employees abusing Trinity.
‘They visibly seen my daughter’s teacher pull her hair and pulled her hair hard enough to where my daughter’s beads came out her head,’ Hall said.
‘Also on camera, there’s literally teachers encouraging other students to cause harm to my daughter.’
The Daily Mail has not been able to view the footage, but Hall said the staffers mocked Trinity and threw her lunch away.
‘They babies, they don’t know any better,’ Trinity’s aunt, Ashley Sneed, told the local news station.
Daniel Hall said his six-year-old autistic daughter, Trinity, was ‘manhandled’ by a special education teacher and multiple teacher’s aides on April 14
Hall said he was shown surveillance footage of the staffers pulling his daughter’s hair and throwing out her lunch at Jan Schiff Elementary School
‘It’s bad enough already. They have a disability. They shouldn’t have to go through nothing like this.’
Fort Bend ISD confirmed it fired a teacher on April 29 and three paraprofessionals on May 4 for ‘inappropriate disciplinary actions.’
Hall said he only learned about the alleged abuse after other students complained about the same staff members, and he has filed a report with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office.
‘This was only one day of footage, so they can go back 90 days and review the footage,’ Hall said.
The Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the Daily Mail that they are investigating the case, but are unable to provide additional information.
Trinity’s grandmother, Charlotte Sneed, told the local news station that the staffers need to be charged.
‘I think they should go to jail, you know, because they shouldn’t be a teacher,’ she said.
‘They shouldn’t even try to handle kids if they don’t know how to take care of kids. That’s what their job is for.’
Hall, 37, has filed a report with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and hopes they will investigate and look at older footage
Hall said he was not notified about the alleged abuse until weeks later when Principal Tiffany Agina (pictured) informed him the staffers had been fired after other students complained
The Daily Mail contacted Fort Bend ISD and Jan Schiff Elementary for comment.
It comes just weeks after multiple staffers were fired from Fort Bend ISD’s Burton Elementary amid child abuse allegations.
On April 29, the Fort Bend Sheriff’s Office confirmed that several staffers had been fired after a mother said her six-year-old autistic son came home with ‘unexplained injuries.’
‘Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office investigators have confirmed valid allegations of abuse/injury involving an FBISD teacher and teacher assistants at Burton Elementary,’ the sheriff’s office said.
‘We have been advised by FBISD that the staff members involved have been relieved of their employment. Our investigators are actively working this case and are reviewing all students who were under the supervision of these staff members to determine whether there may be additional victims.’
