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Parents raise safety concerns and allege mistreatment of special-needs child at Dorchester School District 2 meeting
Summary
During public comment a parent alleged two incidents of mistreatment involving her nonverbal autistic child and urged the board to improve safeguards; another speaker disrupted comments and was cut off for violating the district's public-comment rules. The board reiterated procedures that bar identifying staff or students in public statements.
At the Jan. 12 Dorchester School District 2 board meeting several parents used the public-comment period to raise serious concerns about student safety and district interactions with families.
Diana Rush, who identified herself as a parent of an autistic child, described two incidents she said occurred on Sept. 11, 2025 and Nov. 20, 2025 involving her nonverbal 5-year-old. She told trustees she witnessed her child "being drugged and plugged down the stairwell" at Austin Bailey Elementary by personnel who were supposed to be trained and trusted, and said the child was…
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