Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms
Posted on AllSides June 5th, 2019
From The Left
Every time Jennifer Tidd's son was secluded or restrained at school, she received a letter from his teachers. Her son has autism and behavioral issues, and over three years — from 2013 to 2016 — Tidd got 437 of those letters.
"I see this pile of documents that's 5 inches tall that represents hundreds of hours of being locked into a room, and I feel, you know, horrible," Tidd says.
She's sitting in her living room in Northern Virginia, her head hanging over the stack of papers. Tears are in...