Are Our Children Really Safe In School?

In researching a topic for my Exceptional Student class I found this information on House Resolution 4247 ... To prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools, and for other purposes. 23 states have no laws governing Restraint and Seclusion in Schools and there are no federal standards. I personally wouldn't recommend reading even the GAO study listed on the page ... its actually quite disturbing. I urge everyone to voice their opinion with our representatives in Washington and support it's passage.

Gregg Garrison 

 

“Something is Very Wrong When Our Children Are at Risk in School”

12/11/09
by Wrightslaw

"A 14-year old student in a special education classroom in Texas, Cedric lived with a foster family because of a history of neglect, including malnutrition. One day in 2002, his teacher tried to punish him by withholding food, despite the abuse he had suffered as a young child.

Cedric’s teacher delayed his lunch for hours to discipline him for not doing his work. When he didn’t comply with her demands, his teacher put him in a face-down restraint and sat on him in front of his classmates. Cedric said repeatedly that he could not breathe. He died minutes later on the classroom floor as his terrified classmates watched. 


Cedric’s tragic story isn’t an isolated case in America’s schools."

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