The Holdens say staff at Mona Shores’ Ross Park Elementary routinely restrained Ethan, who was 3 at the time, in a chair in the classroom. The Holdens said school staff never informed them of the restraints, which Nicole Holden discovered when she visited her son’s Christmas Party.
The couple have said their son has autism, and the lawsuit says he is in special education and has delayed speech that prevented him from telling his parents about his treatment at school.
Named in the lawsuit are the school district, Superintendent Terry Babbitt, former Director of Special Education Penelope Miller-Smith, teacher Shelly Jensen and other unknown staff members referred to as “Jane Does.”
Babbitt said he, nor any staff members, could comment on the pending litigation. He said Miller-Smith is in Germany.
“What the teachers and administrators did to this child is unconscionable,” said David Honigman, the couple’s attorney who is based in Troy. “It is simply inexcusable that they would repeatedly restrain a 3-year-old with a disability and then hide that fact from (his) parents.”
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