District reports 21 restraints in 2024–25; staff injuries logged in seven incidents

The district reported 21 restraint incidents during the 2024–25 school year, affecting 10 students and resulting in seven staff injuries, officials said at the Aug. 7 Board of Directors meeting.

Jamie Sullivan, the district’s Special Education coordinator, told the board, “for 20 fourtwenty 5, our total number of restraint incidences were 21. And, from resulting in staff injury were 7. And of the 21 incidences, it was 10 students.”

The report said training and equipment were implemented last spring and again during this year’s staff in-service week. Sullivan said the district instituted two staff training days last spring — one in March and one in April — and provided additional in‑site training for teachers and instructional assistants. “All equipment has been ordered and distributed to their…