Just when I thought I’d heard all the horrendous and hideous stories about the abuses that can be inflicted upon children, this story broke in Atlanta on Friday:

Henry school official charged with child abuse.

This is an article about a grandmother, who is a special education coordinator in a school system in the Atlanta metro area. My understanding of Special Education Coordinators in this state is that they are usually upper-level degreed educators with specialization in special education administration working right below the Special Education Director in larger school.

This grandmother visited the trailer of her daughter and son-in-law (who both were apparently doing drugs) on November 20, and finding the couple passed out, she retrieved the 13-month-old twins from another room and called a relative to come get the babies. What she didn’t do, that this mandatory reporter should have done, is call the authorities and seek medical attention for these babies, who way only 8 and 9 pounds respectively.

Yep…you read it right…8 and 9 pounds at 13 months.

The police chief in the county where the family resides says that this is the worst case of child neglect he has ever seen. If you need a graphic image of how emaciated these poor babies are, there is a photo of one of the baby’s legs in this article.

So, the relative who retrieved the babies did take to babies to the hospital. Now grandma is charged along with her children for not seeking medical attention and reporting this suspected child abuse and neglect.

And where, you might ask, was grandma when the police came to arrest her? She was teaching an early childhood development class to high schoolers in her school system. No, I am not making this up!

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