Daycare Sued After Using Thumb Tacks for Discipline

A California daycare is being sued for abuse which occurred as early as 2013. The civil suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and named two instructors and Little Scholars Inc. The teachers involved in the abuse were fired from the Tutor Time franchise after management learned of the events, but the daycare did not notify parents of their actions.

The lawsuit has accused the operators of the center and instructors, Jessica Morales and Rosa Nepomuseno, of negligence, assault and battery, failure to report abuse, breach of contract along with other things. Four parents filed the lawsuit stating their children suffered cruel and unusual abuse at the center. According to these parents, if a child did not follow directions or was not attentive the instructors would stick a thumb tack into their legs for disciplinary measures.

The Department of Social Services sent caseworkers to visit the daycare last May. While there they uncovered … click HERE to continue reading