A mother's complaint that her 4-year-old son was struck by his teacher has prompted an investigation at a South Bay school.

The Franklin-McKinley School District in San Jose is conducting an investigation into a woman's claim that her son told her a teacher hit him in his special needs preschool class at Stonegate Elementary School.

The mother, Ninoshka Uribe, said she has pulled both of her children out of the school.

"I want the best for him; I don't want him to be getting hit," Uribe said.

Uribe said her son was nervous to go to school this year. He has autism and was placed in the special needs class at Stonegate. When she picked him up last Friday, Uribe noticed his face was red and swollen.

"I go, 'Baby what happened to you?' He says 'Mommy, teacher hit, teacher hit. No school,

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