School district apologizes after teacher at the Bailly Preparatory Academy gives 11-year-old trophy meant as a joke.
On 6/4/19 at 12:23 PM EDTA school district in Indiana has apologized after a special education teacher handed a"most annoying male" award to an 11-year-old pupil with autism.
The father said he tried to leave the trophy behind on the table before the teacher, who considered the trophy a joke, stopped him and told him not to forget it. Castejon said his nonverbal 11-year-old is known to rock and back and forth and become very emotional due to his autism. The school district has now apologized for the incident and said the teacher in question has been disciplined.
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