This is just terrible. Who's idea was this?
I'm just as shocked and horrified over this. What the hell were they thinking? Geez!
Special needs children don't need to be thrust into a room to calm down. Hopefully someone will conduct mass firings at this school and a few go to jail for child endangerment and abuse![h=1]Parents outraged over 'scream rooms' for special needs students at Connecticut elementary school[/h] By Cristina Corbin
Published January 11, 2012
| FoxNews.com
Parents at one Connecticut elementary school say they are outraged over the use of so-called "scream rooms" to discipline special needs students.
The two rooms at Farm Hill Elementary School in Middletown, Conn., came under fire after several students complained about the sounds of children yelling coming from the rooms, while building custodians reported having to clean up blood and urine from their floors and walls.
Tricia Belin, whose two children attend the school, described the rooms as 6-by-4-foot spaces with concrete walls used to isolate special needs students who are disruptive in the classroom.
"Closet is pretty much what it is," Belin told FoxNews.com, saying that her children are regularly subjected to "screaming" coming from inside the rooms.
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I'm just as shocked and horrified over this. What the hell were they thinking? Geez!