At 5-years-old, Jay may not clearly understand what his teacher did to him in his Pre-K classroom. However, mom Carla Royston said the boy hasn’t stopped talking about it since it happened on Tuesday afternoon.
“He talked about it several times yesterday he woke up talking about it today,” Royston told FOX 5.
Jay’s parents are extremely angry because an assistant teacher at Rosebud Elementary School in Loganville cut their son’s hair during class.
Royston said she has never cut her son’s hair. Jay was sent to school with his hair in two long braids on Tuesday.
Royston received a call from the school mid-morning reporting that an assistant teacher has cut her son’s hair about three inches off one ponytail and 6-to-8 inches off the other. After cutting Jay’s hair, the assistant teacher abruptly told the lead teacher she was leaving. She then grabbed her things and left, Royston said.
Royston said Jay’s teacher later discovered her son’s hair clippings in the trashcan.
The school principal sent a letter home to parents about the incident, stating that the human resources department and school police are investigating and that the accused paraprofessional “will not be permitted to return to our school.”
The Roystons are pursuing criminal charges.
“Whether it was some type of mental thing or whatever it was, it’s definitely scary when you think she had scissors to the back of my child’s head. What if she has an episode where she did something more violent? I just feel like she doesn’t need to be around children anymore,” Royston said.
