A Raleigh mother says the charter school she relied on to support her nonverbal, autistic son instead became a place where he was hurt. She alleges a former instructional assistant at PreEminent Charter School abused her child, has pulled him out of the classroom, filed a police report, and is now pushing for an outside review of how the school handles students with special needs.
What the mother says happened
Atoya Barrett told CBS17 that her son repeatedly told her the instructional assistant “is bad and hits him a lot,” despite his being nonverbal and autistic. She said another parent raised similar concerns in December, which she describes as the moment everything shifted. Barrett says she then filed a police report and removed her son from…..