Olympia mom upset child put in padded room at school
Apr 24, 2012, 7:04 AM | Updated: 8:07 am
An Olympia mom is not happy that her 10-year-old son was placed in a padded room at Garfield Elementary.
The school says the boy was acting out, and the office was already full, so they sent him to a “quiet room,” the size of an office with gym mats padding the walls.
His mom tells KING 5, this punishment has deeply impacted her son.
“Being an impressionable kid who watches TV, sees padded rooms, thinks crazy people go in padded rooms, so when you place him in a padded room, he instantly thinks you think he’s crazy,” said Melissa Gum.
The district says the door to the room remained opened, and there was no intent to make the child feel uncomfortable. The school says the pads will now be taken down off the walls.
