tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post8730766660151352817..comments2023-12-19T16:54:31.953-05:00Comments on SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: SBSB Calls For the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of KIPP Principal Anokhi SaraiyaPete Zuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708676684946013529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-58761514908992086362013-12-12T16:39:19.780-05:002013-12-12T16:39:19.780-05:00I have been an educator for many years and I have ...I have been an educator for many years and I have never seen anything like this before. This is corporal punishment at its best! When we change how we view ourselves we change how they world interacts with us. Padded rooms are used in day treatment programs for students who are on medication and who are violent. <br />The school is an elementary school keeping in mind any forms of discipline students experience now can traumatize the educational process. One word liability. The IEP Plan nor the Behavior Plan spells out anything on students being placed in isolation. If principal Anokhi Saraiya thinks this ok I would love to know where she received her school leadership credentials. The educational setting should be nurturing and create an environment for students to be comfortable and successful. What is the difference between this room and solitary confinement for inmates? Keeping in mind 15 minute intervals in many cases can be the entire school day.The students are left unsupervised and are alone. An investigation should be done. The school and the principal need to furnish the time limits and what other strategies have been used to curb unwanted behavior. Are students being hit by faculty? Are students being pushed or shoved by faculty? During the time students are placed in this room are they in escalation mode? What steps did the school take to calm the student down? What steps are taken when the student experiences discomfort?Students are DDP out the building only when they are a threat to faculty, themselves, or other students. They called this in to cover them in case of parents contacting lawyers. Parents have the voice stand up and do what needs to be done. They only have 305 students and the student population is Black and Hispanic. If enough parents complain and parents begin to pull their children out they will loose state funding. If parents sit back and close their eyes eventually a child will either get hurt or worse. What about the student with asthma? Asthma patients have an anxiety attack and in some cases stop breathing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-44020409036786327062013-12-12T01:56:30.693-05:002013-12-12T01:56:30.693-05:00This padded room looks like the Padded cells in th...This padded room looks like the Padded cells in the asylum back in the Willowbrook Days!! Horrible! If there is a need for children to have a safe place to calm down then there should be a sensory room (room NOT Closet) where a child in distress can be brought with the constant presence of a trained adult. Sensory rooms are designed and constructed by psychologists and can have a very calming effect on a child that is in need of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com