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State officials investigate sexual assault of 7-year-old from Boston Renaissance Charter School

A Dorchester student’s favorite toys were on a table as his mother talked about his reported assaults on a school bus. Suzanne Kreiter / Globe Staff

By The Boston Globe

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The mother of a 7-year-old special needs student at Boston Renaissance Charter School in Hyde Park said her son was sexually assaulted multiple times on a school bus by a 6-year-old boy who threatened to harm the child and his family if he told anyone.

But she said she has not received any help finding counseling for the boy, or a new way for him to get to school. Meanwhile, the perpetrator still attends the school, she said.

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