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Parent alleges autistic son was repeatedly secluded in 'blue room' as district outlines DESE corrective plan
Summary
A Bridgewater parent said her autistic child was repeatedly placed in a so-called 'blue room' closet over multiple school years; the district reported a DESE integrated monitoring review that found three partially implemented civil-rights standards and said it will submit a corrective action plan.
A parent told the Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee on April 15 that her autistic son had been placed dozens of times in a school "blue room," which she described as a closet used for seclusion.
"Bridgewater Raynham calls them blue rooms, but what they truly are are closets used for seclusion," said parent Lauren Boyden, who said her son was placed in such a space 138 times in the 2022–23 school year and 108 times the following year, totaling roughly 21–23 hours. She said one episode lasted two hours and described the space as about 7-by-7 feet with tile floors and no ventilation. "This is not support at all.…
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