repeat after me: a school is not a psych hospital.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 12:09pm

School officials say state law was followed in isolating a 9-year-old in a closet-like space called a seclusion room at Columbia?s Joseph Brown Elementary.

The district said an investigation found no evidence to support allegations by an attorney that the boy was stripped to his underwear and locked in the room.

Michelle Parks, whose son suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, said she found the 9-year-old stripped down to his underwear and locked in the small space Brown School officials call a seclusion room.

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[madbrian]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 12:10pm

a school is not a psych hospital.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 4:39pm

That is revolting. The parents should sue and the school needs to be investigated. The school overstepped it's boundaries.

[sally1112]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 7:19pm

Fine by me.

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 7:43pm

I'm a little more concerned about the fact that he was stripped to his underwear. Why was that necessary?
Updated On: 9/24/09 at 07:43 PM

[nmartin]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 8:12pm

"Michelle Parks, whose son suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder"

Translation: He's a pain in the ass.