Massachusetts
Former Mass. day care teacher arraigned on abuse charge
A former day care instructor confronted a choose Monday, arraigned on a cost that she assaulted a 3-year-old boy who was in her classroom.Sophie Varatharasa was working on the Neighborhood Montessori College in Natick when she allegedly abused the boy.A not responsible plea was entered on her behalf in Natick District Court docket. She was ordered to keep away from the alleged sufferer and his household, and never interact in any baby care duties.She didn’t reply to questions outdoors of courtroom.The boy’s mother and father informed 5 Investigates earlier this 12 months that they noticed his ears had been severely bruised.”He mentioned to me that she touched his ears and he cried. And I used to be so shocked and appalled once I heard that,” the boy’s mom mentioned in an interview that aired in March.Investigators with the state discovered that two different kids reported Varatharasa had pulled or pinched their ears, although she has not been criminally charged with that.In courtroom, Sophie Varatharasa was accompanied by her sister Lucie Varatharasa, the director of the Neighborhood Montessori College. Lucie had informed regulators that the accidents weren’t attributable to abuse. She additionally declined to reply questions from 5 Investigates outdoors of courtroom.Final 12 months, she was licensed to open one other daycare in Natick, now known as Little Tots Academy.The boy’s mother and father had informed 5 Investigates that they thought the state company that regulates preschools and daycares, the state Division of Early Schooling and Care, didn’t take their complaints severely sufficient.Via their lawyer, the household issued an announcement after Varatharasa’s arraignment: “The household stays disenchanted that after greater than a 12 months the Neighborhood Montessori College has not been held accountable for the abuse and neglect that EEC and DCF reported because of their investigations. Nonetheless, they consider that as we speak’s costs are an necessary step in bringing the perpetrator of that abuse to justice and sending the message to different potential abusers that their actions won’t be with out consequence. They want to remind mother and father that the outcomes of EEC’s inspections and investigations of daycare suppliers can be found on-line and that oldsters ought to assessment these experiences earlier than entrusting their kids to any supplier.”A spokesperson for EEC famous that Sophie Varatharasa was terminated from the preschool and must undergo one other background verify to be employed at any early schooling program sooner or later. EEC additionally elevated monitoring of this system and applied a corrective motion plan on the day care.
A former day care instructor confronted a choose Monday, arraigned on a cost that she assaulted a 3-year-old boy who was in her classroom.
Sophie Varatharasa was working on the Neighborhood Montessori College in Natick when she allegedly abused the boy.
A not responsible plea was entered on her behalf in Natick District Court docket. She was ordered to keep away from the alleged sufferer and his household, and never interact in any baby care duties.
She didn’t reply to questions outdoors of courtroom.
The boy’s mother and father informed 5 Investigates earlier this 12 months that they noticed his ears had been severely bruised.
“He mentioned to me that she touched his ears and he cried. And I used to be so shocked and appalled once I heard that,” the boy’s mom mentioned in an interview that aired in March.
Investigators with the state discovered that two different kids reported Varatharasa had pulled or pinched their ears, although she has not been criminally charged with that.
In courtroom, Sophie Varatharasa was accompanied by her sister Lucie Varatharasa, the director of the Neighborhood Montessori College. Lucie had informed regulators that the accidents weren’t attributable to abuse. She additionally declined to reply questions from 5 Investigates outdoors of courtroom.
Final 12 months, she was licensed to open one other daycare in Natick, now known as Little Tots Academy.
The boy’s mother and father had informed 5 Investigates that they thought the state company that regulates preschools and daycares, the state Division of Early Schooling and Care, didn’t take their complaints severely sufficient.
Via their lawyer, the household issued an announcement after Varatharasa’s arraignment: “The household stays disenchanted that after greater than a 12 months the Neighborhood Montessori College has not been held accountable for the abuse and neglect that EEC and DCF reported because of their investigations. Nonetheless, they consider that as we speak’s costs are an necessary step in bringing the perpetrator of that abuse to justice and sending the message to different potential abusers that their actions won’t be with out consequence. They want to remind mother and father that the outcomes of EEC’s inspections and investigations of daycare suppliers can be found on-line and that oldsters ought to assessment these experiences earlier than entrusting their kids to any supplier.”
A spokesperson for EEC famous that Sophie Varatharasa was terminated from the preschool and must undergo one other background verify to be employed at any early schooling program sooner or later. EEC additionally elevated monitoring of this system and applied a corrective motion plan on the day care.