Comments on: Bill aims to protect students from abuse in schools

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:56:35 +0000

Im a mother to a six year old who has had her child put in this padded room for excessive loud crying. When she continued they put her into a restraint for three minutes. She was left in the room for an hour and forty five minutes. No one in the state of MN will represent me because I’m considered low income therefore I have no up front money to provide. Its rather frustrating trying to advocate for my child and have no help from an attorney. Its equally as hard being a college student and trying to stay on top of the actions taking place within the school.

By: Shanna Nichols

Shanna Nichols — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:57:41 +0000

I have high hopes for this legislation as I think schools should be environments that model-especially for youth-how people should be treated in the outside world. By allowing staff to disregard the disabled in this way it not only perpetuates the negative stigma all too often attached to disability, but it does this to an audience of young, impressionable children. The most effective way to have people thinking progressively about disability is by seriously considering how they are being taught at an early age. This bill is not only important for the students whose lives have been compromised by careless school staff, but it is important for school communities to care out the inherent goals of schools generally, the goal to teach students what is right.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:33:06 +0000

Ethan was in the early on program.

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:37:09 +0000

Do you know what school or teacher was involved in restraining Ethan, and whether it was the preschool or daycare program, which are separate in Mona Shores? I have a 5-year-old daughter with developmental delays who’s in her third year of preschool in Mona Shores; we believe — and have evidence from surprise visits — that she’s being treated exceptionally well there, but news of Ethan’s abuse has us wondering if there’s something we don’t know.