NEW: The Denver Police Department has opened an investigation into the use of a “seclusion room” at McAuliffe International School, an agency spokesman confirmed Friday.
in which a teen undergoing a weapons search shot and injured two deans,
DPS officials have said Dennis shared confidential student information in violation of state and federal laws during the interview. DPS also cited other reasons in its termination letter, including that Dennis violated policies by repeatedly trying to remove a student of color from the school despite district officials telling him such a move “was not available or appropriate.”
The district alleged in the letter that there have been multiple complaints and investigations into McAuliffe’s use of discipline in recent years, including one that found an “overuse of out-of-school suspensions” disproportionately affected students of color, according to his termination letter. The board members alleged that the seclusion room at McAuliffe was created under Dennis’s leadership. They shared photos of the room that they said were taken Wednesday and showed locks on the windows to the room. They also shared a screenshot from an undated video that showed a lock on the outside of the door to the seclusion room at McAuliffe, a measure that would prevent anyone inside from leaving.
David Lane, an attorney representing Dennis, said Thursday that the room in question was a “de-escalation room” and that Dennis put a latch on the door in January because he was afraid someone would get hurt if a student tried to open the door and an administrator tried to close it.
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