Posted on 12/15/2025 1:43:24 PM PST by Morgana
Four teachers at a Wisconsin school have been accused of locking children in a pitch-black 'dungeon' as a cruel punishment tactic.
A lawsuit launched by the furious parents of three children at Thurston Woods Public School in Milwaukee accuses the staff members of traumatizing their children.
Filed on December 8, the legal document alleges that between 2022 and 2024 the teachers would routinely place young children in a boiler room to scare them.
'When asked about 'the dungeon' by their parents, some students would become so scared, stressed and upset that they would begin to cry,' the lawsuit reads.
'Students experienced sleep issues, nightmares and waking up crying during the night because of fear of 'the dungeon,'' the complaint seen by the Daily Mail said.
Parents Monica Webb, Korettea Cooper, Porsche Cosey and Vedonte Olden Sr. have named four teachers in the lawsuit - Terrence Graham, Darlene Lucas, Carolyn Watson, and Joann Johnson - along with leadership staff members.
Represented by Milwaukee attorney Drew DeVinney, the parents allege that teachers at the pre-K-8 school sent their children to the boiler room for misbehaving.
Video shows one male staffer, a former male paraprofessional, locking three different students in the 'dungeon' several times, according to the lawsuit.
Images from inside the basement show a room full of heavy-duty machinery, ladders, boilers, buckets, and dirty rags strewn across hard cement flooring.
The room smelled strongly of harsh chemicals, and was used for storing cleaning agents, according to the lawsuit.
Children were allegedly locked inside 'with the lights turned off so that it would be pitch black,' according to the lawsuit.
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Dang, I had a 6th grade math teacher that thought embarrassing a kid in front of the class was a motivator and that scarred me for years........I can’t imagine the mental stress this has and probably will continue to cause.
Literally child abuse.
If that was my kid, there would be some teachers with broken teeth.
And they’d also be replacing their windshields once a month.
Are there any men left in this country? Seriously… Asking for a friend…
“Thurston Woods Public School”
Randi Weingarten approved no doubt
Was there a dragon in the dungeon? I would have been horribly disappointed not to find a dragon ... or anything else interesting.
“Are there any men left in this country? “
Just a lot of keyboard warriors ...
Sounds safe. Little fingers around machinery, ladders, cleaning chemicals and tools in the dark.
Entirely absent from the article is any hint as to what children confined to the boiler room might have done to precipitate that punishment.
Apparently.
It’s disgusting.
Highly recommended white teachers are denied jobs to fill quotas and this is just cultural differences form of teaching.
“Dang, I had a 6th grade math teacher that thought embarrassing a kid in front of the class was a motivator and that scarred me for years.”
Mrs. Felts, 5th and 6th grade 1962-63, Nashville, Tn. She would take one of those thick yard sticks and beat your butt. She always ridiculed you in front of the class if you couldn’t recite the multiplication tables. We had a music teacher that threw a music book and knocked the top off of the string bass while a guy was holding it. School was tough back then.
Lots of things an enterprising young lad can do with those ...
Entirely absent from the article is any hint as to what children confined to the boiler room might have done to precipitate that punishment.
Said something to support ICE?
“Are there any men left in this country?”
I was in junior high in the 70s and on the strong advice of my physician I had to quit the football team.
After that during gym class or any other time they had the opportunity the football coaches would verbally harass me for leaving the team.
When my dad got wind of that he paid a visit to my school......he never would tell me what happened but the harrasmment came to a screeching halt.
Father’s today.....if there is one....I don’t know.
“It’s disgusting.”
Don’t be so hard on yourself.
My lunch money for a light saber.
LOL!
Yeah ... Start singing ICE ICE Baby in the corridor during change of class ...
That would have seriously backfired if they did that to me as a young whipper-snapper. Even at that age I knew that the teacher would be unable to id whoever kicked the shit out of her.
Isn’t “time out” the proper recommended procedure for mis behavior?
Folks,
You don’t have the whole story............................
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