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Parents allege abusive, punitive practices at Paul Revere Elementary; district and YMCA say investigations underway
Summary
Multiple parents told the San Francisco Unified School District board on Oct. 25 that Paul Revere Elementary’s principal used punitive policies — including denying bathroom access and isolating children — and one parent said the principal slapped her child. District staff and the YMCA, which runs the after‑school program, said investigations are ongoing and mediation is planned.
Multiple parents accused Paul Revere Elementary’s school leadership of punitive discipline and mistreatment during public comment at the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting on Oct. 25, 2011.
"On the eighteenth of this month, Miss Simmons slapped my daughter in her face," parent Frances Evans told the board, saying she filed a police report. Several other parents described children who were denied bathroom access, forced into "silent lunch," or isolated from classrooms; one parent said her child stained herself after being denied a restroom request and that she kept the soiled…
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