GA parents say 6-year-old daughter sent home in T-shirt and underwear

NEWTON, Ga. — A southwest Georgia family is upset after their 6-year-old daughter was sent home in a T-shirt and underwear.

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Avishaye Daniels told WALB-TV that she sent her daughter, Aylah, to school fully clothed but came home only wearing a shirt, underwear, socks and shoes on Aug. 30.

After they contacted the schools, the parents told WALB they learned Aylah was in that outfit from noon until she left around 3 p.m.

“How can you look over my 6-year-old daughter in a t-shirt and panties, socks and shoes for three hours?” said Daman Bell, Aylah’s dad.

According to WALB, the school hosted a chalk party where students’ clothes got dirty. Aylah’s parents were allegedly asked to bring her a shirt to change into. Aylah says she forgot to put her shorts back on when she was told to change. Henderson says Aylah’s teacher didn’t realize she wasn’t wearing any bottoms, WALB reported.

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Baker County Schools Principal Jeff Henderson told WALB that the whole situation was an accident.

“We’ve never had this happen before,” he said.

Police reviewed school surveillance footage to ensure nothing happened to Aylah while she didn’t have pants on.

“We do care about their concerns and the safety of our students. We learned from this. It’s a big learning experience for everyone that this took place. It was never intentional, no way shape form this would ever happen,” Henderson told WALB.

The Baker County Schools principal told WALB he’s not taking this situation lightly and ensures that it won’t happen again.

Aylah’s parents are waiting to hear from police to review the school footage.

Channel 2 Action News contacted Principal Jeff Henderson for comment, but has not heard back.

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