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Parent urges cameras in McCreary County special-education classrooms after restraint incidents
Summary
A McCreary County parent told the school board her 15-year-old daughter was restrained twice in three weeks and asked the board to install cameras in moderate/severe special-education classrooms; board members said personnel matters were outside its purview.
Erin West, a McCreary County parent, told the McCreary County Board of Education on March 20 that her 15‑year‑old daughter, a student at McCreary Central, was restrained twice in three weeks and urged the board to install cameras in moderate/severe special‑education classrooms so incidents would be recorded.
West told the board cameras “provide a way to ensure that school policies are being followed” and said her daughter’s experiences had been traumatic. She said staff protocols were not followed during the restraint episodes and also asserted that “bullying and abuse has been going on all…
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