ProPublicaMay 31, 2024

#NewYork Education Department Hindered an Abuse Investigation at Boarding School for #Autistic Youth
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A judge ruled that the agency must cooperate in a #disability rights investigation into Shrub Oak International School, which charges up to $573K/year but has no meaningful oversight.

A ProPublica investigation found that would-be whistleblowers could not get state authorities to intervene at the #school.

#News #Kids #Schools #Education #Law #Students #Autism

https://www.propublica.org/article/ny-education-department-abuse-investigation-shrub-oak-international-school

New York Education Department Hindered an Abuse Investigation at Boarding School for Autistic Youth

A state judge ruled that the agency must cooperate in a disability rights investigation into Shrub Oak International School. A ProPublica investigation found that would-be whistleblowers could not get state authorities to intervene at the school.

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Read our full report on Shrub Oak here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/shrub-oak-school-autism-new-york-education-oversight
This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered.

No state agency has authority over Shrub Oak, one of the country's most expensive therapeutic boarding schools. As a result, parents and staff have nowhere to report bruised students and medication mix-ups.

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@ProPublica This is awful. The owners of this facility are duping desperate families and their kids’ school districts so they can make money off warehousing disabled children on the cheap.

And the State of New York allows this - a school that operates without state approval isn’t their problem I guess!