Where Do Teachers Draw the Line When it Comes to Restraining Students?

A local mom has reached out to News 12 after she says a school went overboard while restraining her child.

Isaiah Moore came home from Oak Hammock K-8 last April looking like he had just been in a fight. But the autistic boy's injuries didn't come from a scuffle, he was restrained by a school staffer.

Moore's mother obtained a tape from a security camera at the school. She says it shows the 7-year-old being forced into a room, where she believes her son was violently restrained.

A few moments later, the video shows the disabled boy emerging from the room with school staffers and being dragged down the hallway by a behavior analyst. The boy is holding his back, as if he were in pain.

Moore says her son was unjustly restrained.

The forceful action left the 7-year-old with injuries, including many bruises on his arms and a busted lip. The boy's mother says he was restrained for simply walking out of his classroom.

Moore is demanding the school board change it's restraining policy and she's taking it all the way to the State Board of Education.

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