ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a chaotic scene at Rio Grande High School last year that ended with an Albuquerque Public Schools student pepper-sprayed and handcuffed on campus.
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In February 2024, the student, who didn’t have his aide with him at the time, became upset and was thrown out of P.E. class. In a statement at the time, the district said the student was screaming, swearing, and not complying with the officer’s orders when the school resource officer pepper-sprayed and handcuffed him.
“I feel Rio Grande High School failed on multiple levels… I felt like a lot of the IEP wasn’t followed correctly, I feel he was lost in translation when the event occurred,” said the student’s father to News 13 shortly after the incident…