They hired an external contractor to build it.
Photos of a cage used to restrain a young boy with autism at a Canberra school have become public, against the ACT Education Minister’s wishes.
Constructed of blue metal pool fencing, the two-metre by two-metre cage clearly has a roof and a rear door — which was able to be latched shut.
The cage was built by an external contractor with $5,195 of school funds.
It stood for 14 days at a school in Canberra’s south before it was ordered to be dismantled in March by the ACT Education and Training Directorate.
On Tuesday ACT Education Minister Joy Burch called the cage “disgusting” and said a government investigation had found the school’s principal was solely responsible for approving its construction.
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I can understand parents of autistic children wanting them to receive an education, but surely, if a child is so violent that they pose a risk to others, why are they attending a mainstream school? If those children ever enter the workforce (as an adult) who polices their behaviour then, unless of course, they grow out of violent behaviour?
There is a 16yr old girl about to enter my yr10 English class and I am hoping against hope that she never turns up. She has a history of extremely violent, aggressive behaviour. Apparently anything and everything provokes her and she will fly into an uncontrolled, violent rage. She is not on any sort of funding and is not eligible for any kind of funding. I am pregnant and do not want her anywhere near me. I think if she does start to attend I will be speaking to my union rep.