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McFarland district reports 60 seclusion or restraint incidents in 2024–25, training and reporting emphasized
Summary
District staff presented the annual seclusion and restraint report showing 60 total incidents in 2024–25, the vast majority involving students with disabilities. The district said it notifies parents the same day and is exploring training to reduce physical restraint and seclusion.
Lauren Arango presented the McFarland School District’s annual seclusion and restraint report, telling the board the district recorded 60 total incidents in the 2024–25 school year — 12 seclusions and 48 physical restraints — involving 25 distinct students across district programs.
Arango explained the legal definitions used for the report: a physical restraint “immobilizes or reduces the ability of a student to freely move his or her torso, arms, legs, or head” and seclusion is “the involuntary confinement of a student apart from other students in an area or room which the student is physically prevented from leaving.” She said seclusion rooms must be free of objects and cannot be locked from the outside.
The district breakdown Arango…
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