LOS ANGELES, CA — An 8-year-old boy was forced to urinate in front of his classmates at a South Los Angeles elementary school and made to wear a trash bag over his soiled clothing, his parents alleged in a complaint filed against the school district Monday.
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The incident happened in November at Manhattan Place Elementary School when the boy asked his teacher to use the bathroom but was ignored, according to attorney Toni Jaramilla. Eventually, the teacher told the boy to use a trash can in front of the class, Jaramilla said. He did so, getting urine on his clothing and was dispatched to a nurse’s office, but no nurse arrived, and the boy’s parents were never notified, Jaramilla said. He spent the rest of the day in his urine-soaked clothes, and when he arrived at an LA’s BEST after-school program, an employee made him wear two trash bags over his wet clothing, according to the attorney.
The boy’s mother, Sonia Mongol, said her son was “humiliated and has had to endure pain and suffering as a result of his teacher having him urinate in front of his entire class.”
“We don’t understand. Manhattan Elementary School has given us the impression our child is garbage,” she said. “No child should have to endure this.”
The Los Angeles Unified School District has referred the matter to the Los Angeles Police Department to investigate as a possible criminal matter.
Since then, the boy has been bullied by classmates, and teachers continue to deny him bathroom breaks, his mother claimed. Her tearful pleas for decency touched a nerve in the community when she went forward with her story last week.
“When something or someone harms any of our children, especially in a school setting, it affects all of us,” attorney Toni Jaramilla told reporters at a Monday morning news conference. “It affects our community…We want to hold accountable all those who were involved in this act of abuse and those who allowed it to happen.”
She said the boy was “subjected to reckless, cruel and abusive conduct,” and the incident “will cause harmful and long-term emotional trauma.”
The Los Angeles Unified School District issued a statement last week said it “takes all matters concerning the safety and well-being of our students very seriously. Upon learning about this allegation, law enforcement was notified immediately, and the district is fully cooperating in the investigation. The district will also conduct an administrative investigation. Due to confidentiality laws, we cannot offer further details at this time.”
The legal claim is a precursor to a lawsuit.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.