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Parent tells Duplin County Schools board his nonverbal kindergartner was physically abused and urges charges, staff removals
Summary
At the March 3 Duplin County Schools board meeting, parent and retired social worker Vincenzo Vadas accused staff at North Duplin Elementary of physically abusing his nonverbal, autistic kindergartner and called for staff removals and criminal charges; the board did not take public action on the allegation during the meeting.
Vincenzo Vadas, a retired social worker and parent, told the Duplin County Schools board on March 3 that his 5‑year‑old daughter — identified in the transcript as Vera Valeria, a kindergartner at North Duplin Elementary — has stage‑2 autism, is nonverbal and was “manhandled” by staff.
“Instead of finding sanctuary of learning, she has encountered a landscape of systematic discrimination and physical abuse,” Vadas said, adding that another teacher had come forward to report the incident. “Because Valerie is nonverbal, she cannot tell me what happened with words. She reacts to…
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