MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — It may be the one result of a stay-at-home order that no one thought about -- children left at home in abusive situations with no one around to stop it.
Teachers have always been the number one source of reports to child protective services.
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Since schools closed on March 15, calls to child protective services in Mecklenburg County have dropped 40% compared to last year.
The numbers paint an unsettling picture of what children may be dealing with behind closed doors.
“We’re concerned that a child might be at home with their molester, or their perpetrator or abuser. We know that there’s been a rise of 20% of DV calls,” Shamaiye Haynes with the Westside Education Think Tank said.
>>In the video at the top of the page Channel 9′s education reporter Elsa Gillis is explaining how children may be an unnoticed population amid the pandemic and what the community can do to help.
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