CHICAGO – Chicago mother Nyesha Terry believes her 5-year-old son’s school treats him like trash.

Terry told WGN-TV she recently visited her son Lloyd’s classroom at D.S. Wentworth Elementary and found the non-verbal, epileptic kindergartner draped in a garbage bag poncho at a desk isolated from his classmates.

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“My heart broke,” Terry said, adding that she believes the treatment is dangerous and unnecessary. “He was the only child that was isolated.”

Terry said she asked the boy’s teacher about the trash bag, and she allegedly said she didn’t want Lloyd to get sick from a wet shirt, because he drools.

“It’s hazardous. He could chew on it or swallow a piece. He could be playing with it and suffocate himself,” she said.

Terry told the boy’s teacher she didn’t appreciate the garbage bag, pointed out his previous school didn’t use one, and reminded the teacher Lloyd comes to school with bibs and extra clothes.

Terry said the day after the incident she returned to school to find her son in the same state.

She complained to the school’s principal, and to Child Protective Services, but was essentially ignored.

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Terry eventually bought her son a large vest to fix the problem, but contacted the media about the situation to highlight the issue for other parents.

“I hope that this will just give parents with special needs children … insight on what’s going on when we’re not around our children,” Terry said. “I want to expose it because it’s not right.”

WGN-TV contacted CPS about Terry’s complaint, which prompted a prepared statement.

“We work to ensure all students are comfortable in their learning environment. This incident is inexcusable and CPS has launched an investigation,” the statement read. “We will take all appropriate actions to ensure this issue is resolved and prevented from happening again.”

Parents sounded off about the episode on Facebook.

“As the mother of a non verbal child with special needs, I stand with this mom! If we don’t advocate for our children who will?” Jessica Berdiel-Delgado posted. “We have to be our children’s voices. I would be furious if my child was isolated and made to wear a garbage bags after bibs and extra clothes were provided.”

“This is unacceptable! All the teacher needed to do was ask for extra clothing and extra bibs. I have 2 disabled kids one which has saliva dripping all the time. Not once has his school done this, I always do surprise visits,” Lisa Ramirez wrote.

“It’s also dangerous to have a garbage bag around a child, what if another child was having a seizure now their attention will be focused on the other child and the one who has a garbage bag around him can suffocate or have the ties wrap around his neck, then what?” she questioned. “This was a dumb move that should be investigated!”