"“I'm like, oh my god, there's missing teeth, there's blood stains. You know, what is happening here?” Smiley said. It has been two weeks since Raqibah Smiley says her 5-year-old son came home from school missing his two front bottom teeth and had blood stains on his shirt. The mother said to her knowledge, her son's teeth had not been loose. “I feel like if it was, I think that's something I probably would have noticed,” she said."
"“Nothing was reported” According to a report CBS News New York reviewed, a school official spoke with the paraprofessional assigned to Smiley's child and classroom, and that person first said the boy showed up to school off the bus that way. Smiley said she reviewed video with the school that shows her dropping him off in the morning that day with no blood stains on his shirt. The paraprofessional then apologized and said it was a long day, and told the school official they noticed blood coming from the child's mouth and gave him water but did not report it to the nurse or administration."
"“Did he fall? Did he run into the wall? We know he's autistic, he's nonverbal. He's 5, typical boy, OK? He's a daredevil. It happens,” Smiley said. “But what happened? I still don't have no answers, and that's my thing.” Smiley contacted the NYPD and has kept her son out of the school since. “This is a school for people like my son, children like my son. Nothing was reported,” she said. “I'm waiting for justice. I'm waiting for answers. I don't trust anybody right now.”"
A Brooklyn mother reported that her 5-year-old nonverbal autistic son came home from school missing his two front bottom teeth and with blood stains on his shirt. She said she did not notice loose teeth before school and reviewed morning drop-off video showing no blood stains. A school official spoke with the paraprofessional assigned to the child, who initially said the boy arrived on the bus that way. The paraprofessional later apologized and said blood was coming from the child’s mouth, that water was given, and that the nurse or administration was not notified. The mother contacted the NYPD and kept her child out of school, while the education department stated it would review the matter.
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