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Once again, it seems there needs to be a specific system in place when children are withdrawn from the public school system to homeschool children. I do know some home schoolers, and I would say they are about the best parents out there, and act in the best interests of their children. So there are clearly competent parents who do this, and good reasons to remove a child and home school them. It seems there should be a policy, that if a child is in the public school and removed, the school should have to complete a process and declare:
1. the parents seem to be completely competent and are attempting to act in the best interests of their child
2. we have some concerns about the competency of the parents, and the home situation
3. this child has been reported several times by this school to CPS for abuse and the case appears to remain open, with no resolution
Put these children in a category to be checked quarterly. These "checks" can simply take the form of the usual things done in the school - vision and hearing tests, physical fitness tests done in P.E., etc. It should be a RED FLAG if a child is reported for abuse, and then the child is withdrawn from the school by the parents.
And we lose another child while waiting on the bureaucratic wheels to turn and the left hand to find out what the right hand is doing.
Anything less than death is not enough.Terrible and tragic and very upsetting. What are these two monsters facing if convicted?
Terrible and tragic and very upsetting. What are these two monsters facing if convicted?
Hi, I'm new. This poor child lived right down the street from us. The DHS report also says that there were two other dealings with DHS in the early 2000s, one which ended in "court action". The eldest daughter was born in 2007. It appears that the Torres parents have tangled with DHS before, possibly with a "first wave" of children. That is terrifying.
I'm sorry , not being argumentative but in my opinion "we lose another child" because of two heartless, soul less, self gratifying , worse than animals, creeps! ( I refuse to call them that precious little boy's parents. Outside agencies do not have the ability to protect and defend from every instance of human inhumanity to others. The ones with the core responsibility to love and protect are to blame.
I can hardly read this thread because the crime is so horrific. I feel compelled to comment to acknowledge this little boy.
I am not sure how things work in Arkansas but I can't reconcile how the authorities move on the family of seven children but don't move on the state representative who gave his kids to a pedophile or cases like this where the school was making claims and, then the child was removed to be homeschooled. All three cases seem worthy of real investigation. How could they fail this boy so colossally. What is wrong with this state's system? (I recognize that this is the case in many state systems.)
I'm sorry , not being argumentative but in my opinion "we lose another child" because of two heartless, soul less, self gratifying , worse than animals, creeps! ( I refuse to call them that precious little boy's parents. Outside agencies do not have the ability to protect and defend from every instance of human inhumanity to others. The ones with the core responsibility to love and protect are to blame.
These parents had other children taken from them and placed into foster care. They most certainly should have been on DHS radar.
The briefing summary released by DHS also shows that the Torres family had a child or children placed in foster care from 2002 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2007. The latter case was concluded by "court action" in 2007, according to the summary, but DHS spokesperson Amy Webb said she could not provide details on what that action was because of foster care privacy rules.
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlo...y-dhs-twice-in-2014-twice-more-in-early-2000s