The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has found that illegal restraints were used on two students in a special education classroom at Jamison Elementary School in the Central Bucks School District. The PDE also directed the district to report past uses of restraints, provide additional staff training, and review whether students are owed additional education time. The school district has been facing scrutiny for weeks over allegations that students in the Jamison special education classroom were mistreated.
Michael Petitti, a spokesperson for Central Bucks, said the district “needs more clarity on PDE’s findings” before it could comment, but would"work through any remedies that may be needed."
Michael Petitti, a spokesperson for Central Bucks, said the district “needs more clarity on PDE’s findings” before it could comment but would “cooperate fully … to work through any remedies that may be needed.” The school district has been facing scrutiny for weeks over allegations that students in the Jamison special education classroom were mistreated. A whistleblower filed a complaint in November, saying that in addition to being subjected to improper restraints, children were physically punished, left undressed for extended periods, and prevented from drinking water and using speech devices,
But at a January school board meeting, community members and board member Jim Pepper — whose son was among the students in the classroom —of nonverbal children. They said that Steven Yanni, Central Bucks’ superintendent, left out some of the whistleblower’s allegations in a report filed with ChildLine, the state hotline for child protective services.
ILLEGAL RESTRAINTS SPECIAL EDUCATION PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CENTRAL BUCKS SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ABUSE
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