The mother of the 9-year-old boy who was battered at the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) on Oct. 22, resulting in him having to undergo two brain surgeries, says her emotions have moved among anger, frustration, anxiety, fear, and, among others, tiredness.
In October, the mother explained that she had to return to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to permit doctors to conduct a craniotomy — a surgical procedure to remove part of the skull to reach the brain — on her son after an older student held her son’s head and pushed it into a door and then onto the concrete floor.
The mother had not known the full story in October until her son had undergone a craniotomy at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) and had 100 millimetres of pus drained from his brain due to meningitis.
The mother, as she did in 2025, has again asked that she and the child not be identified in this article.
She told iWitness News this week that her son returned to school on March 2 for the first time since he was injured there in October.
However, he has to leave school on June 8 for a second surgery (cranioplasty).
She says he has to miss exams now, and she is not sure when he will be able to return to school, as he is under the care of a neurologist who must approve his return to the classroom.
The mother says it is troubling that only the management at the KPS and the school’s counsellor have been reaching out to her consistently and showing concern.
She said she has never heard from anyone attached to the Ministry of Education or from any member of the other child’s family.
“I don’t even know how to feel. I’m overwhelmed. This is the second surgery and is like we’re back to square one,” the mother said.
“He did the second surgery to replace a bone in the right forehead … It took over four hours and was successful. However, it is going to take a year for a full recovery,” she explained.
“He’s out of hospital and I have to take care of the wound myself, dress it every day with an ointment,” she told iWitness News, adding that because she has to prioritise her son’s recovery, she has been unable to return to her job overseas.
She thanked businesswoman Karen Veira, of Singer and Oxygen Mas, the management of the Stubbs Primary School, the Calliaqua Methodist Church, KPS, and her family for the assistance she has been given so far.
“It’s overwhelming. I don’t have any help. I live with my mother, sister and brother and I’m a single mom. This is depressing but at this point I’m not wanting to talk to them,” the mother said.
“He was out of school from October 2025 to March 2nd, 2026 and now out again from June 8th. He did fairly well when he was back in school but he is a very quiet child.”
The mother said her son has friends in school but he is not one to show a lot of emotions.
“Sometimes, he says his head hurts, says he cannot see from his right eye properly. Sometimes, he has seizures and high fever and he never had these issues before the incident,” she told iWitness News.
She said the child had to take medication for seizures for the rest of his life, adding that she will be seeking the advice of a lawyer.
“I was working overseas. I was deprived of my job because I put my son first,” the mother said, adding that the situation can be very depressing.
“Some days I feel anxious, while some days are normal; but some days, I feel really tired.
“I don’t understand how something like this can happen and I have never heard from the ministry. This is really hard for me at times. I don’t even know how I feel most days,” she told iWitness News.