Mother says East Ramapo School District failed to support her son with autism
A mother says her son with autism has dealt with a series of incidents at Grandview Elementary she believes the district failed to address.
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A Rockland County mother says she has spent most of the school year battling the East Ramapo School District over what her son, who has autism, has experienced at Grandview Elementary.
"I'm very hurt. My trust is very broken. With administrators. With the school district," Khaliah Davis says regarding what has been happening.
Davis says that in October, while she was working as an aide at Grandview Elementary, she saw a headphone cord wrapped around her son Kaleb's neck. According to Davis, no injury report was filed.
"Just because I work there doesn't mean I'm willing for you to mistreat my son, mishandle my son, and not follow certain protocols and procedures. And you just think I'm going to sit there and take it? I'm not," she said.
Davis says the problems continued with how other students treated her son. News 12 spoke with her and her son at a park in Pomona, where Kaleb enjoys spending time.
She has recently been taking him out of school because of the incidents he's experienced.
"They were bullying me," the second grader said.
When asked how that made him feel, he replied, "Sad."
Davis says she repeatedly reached out to the district beginning in October and finally secured a meeting with school leaders late last month. She says the district will now provide her son with additional supports, both in and out of school.
She has been advocating for her son and other neurodivergent students, as well.
"All my desire was to work collaboratively with the school district, to be able to bring greater awareness and greater supports, because I saw that there was a need," Davis said.
News 12 reached out to the East Ramapo School District and is waiting to hear back.
