A 9 year old boy named Alex was found in tears, confined, and shivering in a small empty room today at Carl Schurz Elementary School. Alex’s mom was taken to this room after being denied five times by the vice principal to accompany her to retrieve Alex. Immediately Alex’s mom pulled out her phone and started taking pictures as the vice principal tried to block her.
Alex was confined to this room for 90 minutes and was told he had to sit in the circle to earn 90 minutes in the classroom. But this wasn’t the first time, far from it.
This room contains nothing but a hastily drawn circle in the center, where the child is expected to sit, and a large ball that serves as a seat for an accompanying administrator. The temperature of the room was frigid. Alex’s mom was denied reentry into the room to take a photo of the thermostat.
Later that same evening of May 13th 2015, Alex’s parents asked him about this room and his treatment while in the room. What follows is a synopsis of their conversation.
Here are a few questions Alex’s parents asked Alex;
Parents – What is that room Alex?
Alex – It’s called the “focus room”. And it’s where bad children go and serve their in-school suspension (ISS).
Parents – How many times have you been in that room?
Alex – Almost every day, once for two straight days.
Parents – is it always cold?
Alex – Yes! I asked if I could get my jacket and was told no, the teach put her own jacket on and said “It’s sure nice to be warm”.
Parents – Are they mean to you in that room?
Alex – Yes, sometimes they shout at me and say rude things.
Parents – What rude things do they say?
Alex – I don’t know, I don’t want to talk about it.
Parents – What if you get hungry or need to go to the bathroom?
Alex – You’re not allowed! You don’t get your regular snack either!
Parents – Are you allowed to get any exercise?
Alex – No, I’m stuck there all day and if I don’t do what they tell me they make me stay there longer, I have to go back tomorrow since I couldn’t sit in the circle because I was too cold…
If you have a son or daughter attending Carl Schurz Elementary I strongly encourage asking your child about the “Focus Room”, go to the school and ask to see it for yourself, insist on it. This is where they’re are putting your child when they misbehave, in a freezing room with not so much as a chair, or even a picture on the wall. No snacks, no exercise, confined to a small circle created by a marker. Is that any place for a 9 year old child?
Isolated, cold, confined to a circle drawn on a floor of a featureless room. Think about that for minute. Who else deploys such tactics? And under what circumstances?
This story is far from over and sadly not very unique. We need to raise more awareness to these sorts of abuses and protect our children. Had the mother of this child not insisted aggressively to accompany the retrieval of her child then she would know any different.
What you can do:
Please like and share this post (https://helpingalex.squarespace.com) with as many people as you can to raise awareness and encourage other parents to look into their own schools disciplinary procedures.
Contact the school:
Address: 633 W Coll St, New Braunfels, TX 78130
Phone:(830) 627-6680
Contact the New Braunfels ISD:
430 W. Mill Street
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Phone: 830-643-5700
Contact the Texas board of education:
William B. Travis Building
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas, 78701
Main Switchboard:
(512) 463-9734
Main Fax Number:
(512) 463-9838
Know your rights:
Know your rights as well as your childs, there are very clear guidelines and procedures regarding discipline and how “seclusion rooms”, “Time out rooms”, and other forms of confinement spaces by various names:
Education code Title 2. Public Education Subtitle G. Safe Schools Chapter 37.
Know your inalienable constitutional rights
Contact your local congressman:
New Braunfels, district 73 is Doug Miller
Representative Doug Miller
Capitol Office: CAP GN.10
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0325
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
District Address: 407 W. Mill Street
New Braunfels TX 78130
Phone: (830) 625-1313
In the story it asks ” what can you do”
Well for starters you can take your kid out and educate him yourself
I’m sure there are many things you can do
Sitting on your hands taking this type of treatment shouldn’t be one of your options
They are no longer institutions of education only mind control centers of learning.
Get your children out of the government schools!
If this activity had taken place in a private home, CPS goons would have kidnapped every child in the home and had the parents charged with neglect and child abuse/endangerment.
When the commies do it, it’s just “policy”, don’t ya know.
Homeschooling
“Contact your local congressman:”
As good advice as actually allowing the communists to continue to brainwash your kids.
New Braunfels is a serious full German town!!!