Somebody posted this on the forum today and it is very interesting discussion:
Barrie parents irate as school puts boy in padded cell by Toronto Star.
By: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1288731–barrie-parents-irate-as-school-puts-boy-in-padded-cell
A Barrie mother says log books from her sons school show he was disciplined by being sent to an empty, four-by-four foot room with grey padded walls and flooring three times without her knowledge or permission something that would violate school board policy.
Hayley McBrides 4-year-old son, Casper, showed her the room officially called a calming room on Tuesday at Portage View Public School in Barrie, where he attends junior kindergarten.
Casper took her to an unmarked door in a corner of the school during an impromptu tour. Inside was a small padded room about the size of a custodial closet, with yellow stains on the padding. She said it was completely silent inside, with only two balls a red one and an orange one as toys.
They throw me in here, Casper told his mother.
