September 15th, 2022 by WCBC Radio
A Department of Justice investigation last year of the Frederick County school system revealed more than 7,000 incidents of seclusion and restraint of students during a two and a half year period. As a result, as of July 1, the state of Maryland prohibited some agencies, including public schools, from using physical restraint as a behavorial intervention for students, except under certain circumstance. Debbie Metheny, Allegany County Public School director of special education and student services, provided an update and overview during this week’s meeting of the School Board…
According to a 2021 MSDE report on the number of students restrained or secluded, those with autism and emotional disabilities topped the list, and boys by far outnumbered girls. Metheny provided the local breakdown of the 25 incidents that occurred in county schools…
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