Louisiana School Forces Child to Clean Feces After Allergy Attack

A Louisiana mother is furious after her child was forced to clean up her own feces after having an accident in the classroom.

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The Zachary Community School Superintendent told WAFB that a 6-year-old student had an allergic reaction after consuming dairy at breakfast.

The child's mother, Jamisha Augustine, submitted documentation from her doctor that states her child has a dairy allergy at the beginning of the school year.

This only adds to her frustration because, according to Augustine, her child asked her teacher to go to the restroom, "She said no because she went too many times. So, upon her going to the office after having an accident, the principal told her she was too big to be having accidents on herself.”

Augustine is rightfully upset, knowing that this situation was not handled properly and could have been avoided entirely has her child been allowed to go to the restroom.

“Making her clean up feces, what was the point of that,” Augustine told WAFB, That’s irresponsible. It’s hazardous and disgraceful, really pathetic."

Augustine says they gave her child gloves, and told her she needed to clean up the mess she made.

The mother went as far as confirming that the schoolol has janitors, but she was told that "they do have janitors, but she needed a form of discipline. There are consequences behind the things that she does. I’m saying, how can you punish her for having an accident? I asked if she would make her daughter do that, and she said she would.”

Ben Necaise, the Superintendent of Zachary Community Schools, says he does not condone the behavior of the faculty in this situation. According to WAFB the adults have been retrained and talked to after the accident.

"In hindsight, they realized that was not an appropriate step. We do have safety precautions that we have to abide by, and again, a child should never be put in that situation to have to deal with that.”

The school system also reached out and apologized to Augustine for the incident.