Mom demands explanation from school on why her disabled son was left alone outside school after treatment for possible concussion
P.S. 69 Journey Prep has three separate buildings, and Liam's class is multiple streets away from the building he was treated in.
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The mother of a 10-year-old who attends P.S. 69 Journey Prep in the Bronx is demanding answers about why her learning-disabled son was left alone outside school after being treated for a possible concussion.
Yomarlyn Rosario's son, Liam, has learning disabilities, including dyslexia, which is documented with the school.
He fell in gym class last Friday and hit his head when he was sent to the nurse for a possible head injury.
The nurse evaluated him and told Rosario to look out for any symptoms of a concussion but that Liam said he was well enough to go back to class.
P.S. 69 Journey Prep has three separate buildings, and Liam's class is multiple streets away from the building he was treated in.
Due to his disability, he cannot read street signs, which requires him to be escorted from building to building.
Rosario says Liam was found by a staff member in the middle of the street, scared and alone.
She says with the possibility of a head injury mixed with his disability, he should have never been sent to walk back by himself.
"I watch News 12 and I see missing kids all the time.. that could have been my 10-year-old son," says Rosario about how he could have been kidnapped.
The principal of the school responded with an email that read in part.."… I cannot express how regretful I am that Liam had to experience this incident in our school community…"
The Department of Education is also investigating the incident.
