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Parent urges Fayetteville board to restore protections in restraint and behavior policy, cites recent incident and state law confusion
Summary
A parent told the Fayetteville Board of Education she opposes proposed deletions to the district’s behavioral intervention and restraint policy and said recent state law language does not require removing protections; she called for a parent-inclusive task force.
A Fayetteville parent told the Board of Education on Aug. 28 that proposed changes to the district’s student behavioral intervention and restraint policy could remove critical protections for students with disabilities.
Jennifer Worth, speaking during audience participation, said her 7-year-old daughter — a second grader with Level 2 autism — was restrained on the second day of school and that the family is reviewing recordings of the incident. Worth urged the board to retain protective language in Policy 5.6 and to treat new state laws as permission to add evidence-based,…
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