Massachusetts school officials say they warned authorities about Jack Loiselle

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Hardwick Elementary School officials say they warned authorities about 7-year-old Jack Loiselle's significant weight loss
A therapist also reported that Loiselle's 26-year-old father, Randall Lints, was restricting the boys food and water
However, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families never took the boy out of his father's home
Jack was rushed to the hospital on July 14, after his father called 911 saying he was unconscious
Paramedics found the boy starving, dehydrated and suffering bruises to his head and burns on his feet
Jack's biological mother said last week that the boy was still in a coma, but was improving and had opened his eyes twice

Published: 09:46 EST, 5 August 2015 | Updated: 09:52 EST, 5 August 2015

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The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families knew 7-year-old Jack Loiselle was being starved by his father, but did nothing, school officials claim.

Administrators at Hardwick Elementary School, where Jack is a student, say they made several reports to child protective services last year, when they noticed the boy was withering away to a mere 38 pounds.

Some of those reports were made just a few months before Jack was hospitalized, following an alleged beating by his father, 26-year-old Randall Lints.

Warning sign: Officials at Massachusetts' Hardwick Elementary School say they warned the Department of Children and Families when they saw 7-year-old Jack Loiselle (right) lose a dramatic amount of weight last year. Jack was hospitalized in a coma last month after an alleged beating by his father, 26-year-old Randall Lints (left)

No comment: The Department of Children and Families did not immediately respond to Daily Mail Online's request for comment. Pictured above, Hardwick Elementary School where Jack was a student

'The school department had on a number of occasions requested the help of the Department of Children and Families,' Quabbin Regional School District superintendent Maureen M Marshall told the Boston Herald. 'We’ve turned all those records over to state police. Obviously this has become a criminal matter and teachers and our staff are cooperating fully.'

And school administrators weren't the only ones concerned about Jack's wellbeing.

According to records, a therapist voiced concern about Lints' insistence on limiting his son's food and water intake as recently as May.

Daily Mail Online's calls to the Massachusetts DCF for comment were not immediately returned Wednesday morning.

Jack Loiselle was rushed to the hospital on July 14 after his father called 911 saying he found the boy unconscious at home. Paramedics found the boy starving, dehydrated and suffering bruises to his head and burns on his feet.

While Lints claimed the numerous injuries on the boys' body were caused by a fall from his bed, police investigators didn't buy the story and last month the father was charged with assault and endangerment.

Harmed: Jack was rushed to the hospital on July 14 after his father called 911 to report him unconscious. Paramedics found Jack dehydrated, starving and suffering wounds all over his body. Father and son pictured above

According to court documents obtained by theWorcester Telegram & Gazette, Jack was kept on a tight leash at home where he lived with his father, his father's girlfriend, and her three other children.

Lints allegedly installed an alarm on Jack's bedroom door and rarely let him leave. He also reportedly watched the boy's movements inside the room, using a security camera he could access through his cellphone.

Lints is said to have monitored his son's activities in 15-minute increments and among the many items that investigators seized home the home were several notebooks labeled 'Jack's Daily Report'.

Allegations: Lints remains in jail on charges of assault and endangerment. pictured above in court on July 22

State Trooper Douglas P Grout wrote in a report that 'Jack was required to stay in his room much of the time with very few toys to play with' and was not allowed in play video games in the living room with the other children.

Home life: State Trooper Douglas P Grout wrote in a report that 'Jack was required to stay in his room much of the time with very few toys to play with' and was not allowed in play video games in the living room with the other children.

Lints also allegedly forced his son to squat against the wall as punishment, and clean the floors with bleach - causing chemical burns.

Additionally he was kept from attending school and doing homework and fed a strict no-sugar diet.

Police say the father limited the amount of liquids the boy could ingest so as to control his 'accidents' in the bathroom.

When he was brought to the hospital earlier this month, the boy weighed just 38 pounds.

Alexandrea Chadwick, mother to Lints' two youngest children, ages two and six months, told police that Jack's strict life was to address behavioral issues.

She claims that Jack started strangling and hitting one of his siblings and badly injured a kitten who later had to be euthanized.

She says Jack would sometimes hurt himself by throwing himself against walls, 'biting his fingers and toes and stabbing himself with a pencil.'

However, Jack's biological mother Amber Loiselle has painted a different story in the press, saying she noticed her son withering away as soon as he started living with his father.

Loiselle told the Boston Globe that her son stopped acting like himself, and lost interest in the treats and games he once found joy in.

Concerned about her son's well being, Loiselle says he filed complaints with the police but they did nothing.

Lints was arraigned July 22 on charges of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, permitting substantial injury to a child, reckless endangerment of a child and permitting injury to a child.

He has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court on Wednesday for a bail hearing.

Last week, Jack's mother said he was still in a coma but was improving slowly but surely.

Loiselle says that Jack opened his eyes twice the weekend of July 25-26 and is now breathing on his own.

Daily Mail Online was unable to find a listed phone number to contact Loiselle in order to get an update on the boy's health.