New Jersey mom shares horrifying picture of her disabled five-year-old daughter's scalp after teaching aide 'ripped her braid out when she refused to go in time out'

A New Jersey mother is sharing her harrowing story after she says her daughter came home from school several weeks ago having had her hair pulled out by a teacher's aide.

Aaquilah Perez took her story to the local news because she says she doesn't want what happened to her daughter to happen to anyone else.

ABC7 reports that, according to official documents, Perez's daughter, Zuwena, returned home from school last month with a bald spot on her head after a teacher's aide allegedly tore a braid off of the child's head. 

Perez took a picture of her five-year-old daughter's head as soon as she got home from school - she attends PS 26 in Jersey City, also called Patricia M. Noonan Elementary.

The mother said she's put her daughter's hair in cornrows all the way to the nape of her neck, but when she returned home from school on March 15, one of the braids had clearly been ripped out, leaving a noticeable bald spot on her child's scalp.

The empty spot where the braid used to be on her daughter's head was so alarming to the mother that she called medics to her residence when Zuwena arrived home

Zuwena is a Pre-K student who has ADHD and other special needs, according to her mother.

The empty spot where the braid used to be was so alarming to the mother that she called medics to her residence when Zuwena arrived home. 

Perez said the teachers at the school attempted to convince her that Zuwena's braid had disappeared when the child went down for a nap and slept messily. A story Perez is not buying for one second.

She concerned mother told police the alleged hair-ripping incident occurred after her daughter refused to go into a time out.

Zuwena has not returned to school following the incident, which occurred nearly three weeks ago. Her mother says she quit her job to take care of her full time.

She also says she's outraged by the apparent lack of urgency the school has taken in examining the alleged assault on her child.

'I think they really have to take this matter seriously because I don't want anybody else's kids to get hurt or I don't want any other parents have to experience what I just experienced like three weeks ago,' she said. 

'It's a terrible feeling to send your child to a place where they're supposed to be safe and for them to come home with their hair pulled down and sad seeing that their teacher hurt them, it's really heartbreaking.'

The assault allegedly occurred in a pre-K class at Jersey City's PS 26 on March 16

'It's a terrible feeling to send your child to a place where they're supposed to be safe and for them to come home with their hair pulled down and sad seeing that their teacher hurt them, it's really heartbreaking,' Aaquilah Perez (right) said

Perez wants to see immediate action taken against the instructor who allegedly yanked her kid's braid out. She is also hoping her daughter will be able to transfer to a different school.

The Jersey City Board of Education is probing the allegations Perez has made against the teacher's aide, whose identity remains unknown at this time.

'The administration is reviewing all the facts surrounding this unfortunate news as we need to guarantee that all of our students are educated in a safe, nurturing environment,' said BOE President Dejon Morris in a statement to a local outlet.