COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) — A mother says a paraprofessional at her son’s Columbia County school cut off his dreadlocks without her knowledge or permission, and that the district has not adequately responded to her complaints.
Denise, who asked that her face not be shown because she works in the same school district, moved to Georgia from Virginia in September specifically for Columbia County’s special needs programs. Two months after her autistic son enrolled, he came home without dreadlocks.
Latest 12 On Your Side Investigates:
‘You touched my child without my consent’
Denise said her son had long, reformed dreadlocks before the incident. She said she learned what happened through a recording she made with her son the day it occurred…