Mom accuses teacher of giving 6-year-old a concussion with stapler, Georgia police say
Authorities are investigating after a mother says her 6-year-old son was struck with office supplies at a school in Georgia. Now an employee has been put on leave, WGCL reported.
Rosie Ohwuneme said her son kept complaining of a headache after she picked him from KIPP Vision Primary School in Atlanta on Monday, Nov. 1, according to a police report obtained by McClatchy News. He began crying “uncontrollable,” she said, prompting a visit to the hospital.
There, doctors diagnosed him with a concussion, Ohwuneme told police. When asked what happened at school that day, her son told her that “his teacher had hit him on the head with a stapler,” according to the report.
McClatchy News reached out to KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools for comment on Monday, Nov. 15, and is awaiting a response.
Ohwuneme met with school officials on Thursday, Nov. 11, and called for the accused employee to be fired.
“He’s upset, he’s scared, he’s confused,” she told the news station of her son. “Just trying to get him back to at least 100 percent is going to be a while.”
The teacher, who Ohwuneme said was a substitute, hasn’t been arrested or charged with a crime. Police said the incident is still under investigation.
This story was originally published November 15, 2021 at 11:50 AM with the headline "Mom accuses teacher of giving 6-year-old a concussion with stapler, Georgia police say."