More complaints surface against Antioch special needs school

ANTIOCH, Calif. - The Antioch teacher's aide accused of hitting a student at a school for special needs students was released from jail on Friday. 

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's office says 26-year-old Kamaljot Kaur could go before a judge on Monday.

Antioch police identified Kaur in a video where it appears she's striking a 9-year-old student of Tobinworld II. 

As more people see the video, others are coming forward with their stories of alleged abuse at the school. 

Alanna Hines, a former Tobinworld II student, was accompanied by her grandmother Friday when she went to the Antioch police department. The two went to file a report about an incident they say happened at the school in September of last year.

"My phone was sticking out of my bra and she seen it and tried to take it out and exposed my under," says Hines.  She says she was embarrassed and stormed out of the school. Hines claims that's when a school official ordered two staff members to get her. 

"One was sitting on my legs and the other was putting all his weight on my back.  "I was crying because I was scared I didn't know what was going to happen to me, because they were hurting me the entire time," says Hines. 

The 17-year-old says from there, she was carried into the classroom and pushed into a seat. She says when her family confronted Tobinworld the school claimed she was lying.

It wasn't until she saw the video of what looks like Kaur striking the student that she was ready to come forward to tell her story.  Kaur wasn't involving in Hines case, but she and others hope now that there is evidence of abuse, people will finally believe her.

"I saw what they were doing to the little boy and it was just bringing back the memories of what I imagined they were doing to my son," says Lina Azizi a Tobinworld II Parent. 

Azizi showed KTVU pictures of her son who still attends the school.  She claims her son was also abused at the school a few years ago and her pictures prove it.

"He had contusions on his face, his arm, his back. It looked like it was hand prints on his back," says Azizi. 
She went to police and filed a report.  She says that was the last time she had issue with staff striking her son. Azizi says she'd like the school to put cameras up to protect everyone involved. 

"She got caught now, but imagine how many other aides are doing that or how many times she did that to other kids she didn't get caught," says Azizi. 

Tobinworld's executive director Judy Weber released this statement.  "We are immediately implementing a comprehensive review of all policies and training with employees and volunteers throughout the Tobinworld community and will dedicate all necessary resources to ensure that this remains an isolated incident."