GALVESTON, Texas (KIAH) -- A mother says she's furious with a Galveston school after her son with special needs was left inside a locked classroom for hours after class.

Sierra Waire-Minix says she called Weiss Middle School in Galveston on Thursday when her 10-year-old son, Drew, didn't come home on the bus.

Waire-Minix said that Drew needs special accommodation in the classroom because of what she says are intellectual disabilities.

After making several calls to the school, Waire-Minix said she was told by the assistant principal that her son was found asleep inside a locked classroom by himself.

She also said that no one at the school was able to tell her why Drew was left in the classroom.

A Galveston ISD spokesperson confirmed there was an incident and an investigation is underwa

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