School aide hit special-needs student: cops

A Brooklyn school aide hit a 20-year-old special needs student with a ruler and is charged with assault, police said.

Aries Baluyot, 44, is a paraprofessional at P.S. K721, also known as the Brooklyn Occupational Training Center. The Gravesend school, on Ave. X near Stilwell Ave., serves students with developmental disabilities.

The student told his father Friday that Baluyot hit him on his backside and legs earlier this week, said police.

The concerned father took his son to Coney Island Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Baluyot was arrested Friday and is to be arraigned Saturday in Brooklyn Criminal Court.