DENVER (KDVR) — Other staff members knew about the use of a seclusion room at Denver’s McAuliffe International School, according to Denver Public Schools board members.
School board members said a number of staff at the school knew the room existed and even helped put students inside. In a news conference on Monday, board members said some staff have described it as an “incarceration room.”
Now, more whistleblowers are coming forward.
At least seven people have stepped forward to say a strictly forbidden type of seclusion room was being used at McAuliffe International, according to DPS School Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson.
Now, the superintendent said starting this week he’s working to make sure this type of room is not used again at McAuliffe or any other room in the district.
“Multiple administrators would stand outside the door and hold it shut as the student would scream and try to destroy the room and try to get out. They would do this until the student would tire themselves out and possibly fall asleep from crying,” Anderson said.
DPS board members said it’s been confirmed that at least three students had been placed in the room, and there may be others.
“The whistleblower supplied multiple names of students they suspected were locked into the incarceration room on various occasions,” Anderson said.
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