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Parent alleges repeated restraint and unreported incidents at New Washington Elementary
Summary
At the Feb. 11 Greater Clark County Schools board meeting a parent, Zach Silverstein, alleged his children were physically restrained by staff and a janitor and that required reports to law enforcement under Indiana law were not filed; the board took no formal action during the meeting.
Zach Silverstein, a parent who said he recently withdrew his children from New Washington Elementary, told the Greater Clark County Schools Board of Trustees on Feb. 11 that school staff repeatedly used seclusion and that a janitor physically touched his children several times.
Silverstein said the principal at New Washington Elementary punished his son for a text message that occurred off campus and that both principals at the school had used seclusion “as a way to punish my child.” He alleged a janitor “used his hands and put…
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