The Okeechobee Achievement Academy’s web page indicates that it is a center for the placement of students who have already had problems at their original schools. Usually this type of school is used in place of expulsion. It’s a second chance school.
From their web page:
“Okeechobee Achievement Academy is committed to providing our students a positive, stimulating, and safe learning environment that promotes the development of individual responsibility, acceptable social skills, and academic growth. Upon returning to their former schools, students will be able to make appropriate decisions and experience success in completing their education.”
If the student is autistic, he was in a small group classroom with other Special Ed students. He had an aide and teacher in the classroom, who would have been trained in calming students and keeping them from harming themselves and others.
All indications is that he was not in a regular classroom. He was not mainstreamed.
Okay. Thanks for the correction.
Mainstreaming is a disaster in most cases IMHO.
Hope the parents can get help. Sad the police were called, but the staff of a school is facing lawsuit if they restrained the boy.