Denver school board vice president Auon'Tai Anderson said a state lawmaker will sponsor a bill to ban seclusion rooms in all K-12 schools in Colorado.
DENVER — Denver Board of Education vice president Auon'Tai Anderson said at a news conference Monday that a total of seven whistleblowers have come forward with concerns about a monitored seclusion room at McAuliffe International School and that a state representative plans to sponsor a bill to ban such rooms at K-12 schools statewide.
Anderson said last week that he filed a report with Denver Police about the room, after recommending an investigation to ensure no students were held against their will and that no serious physical or emotional harm came to students. The McAuliffe room was modified with a lock on the door, and students were locked alone in the room, Anderson said – both against Denver Public Schools policy.
Initially, one whistleblower contacted Anderson about the room. That one whistleblower now says they speak for six more, Anderson said.
DPS board members who've made these allegations public said they don't know the identities of any of the whistleblowers, who only communicate by e-mail. All of them say they are McAuliffe staff members, according to the board. They have declined to speak with DPS investigators who are looking into the room, Anderson said.
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