Lawsuit filed against IPS for special needs student abuse
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — George Washington Carver Montessori School 87 is under a new lawsuit for abuse of a first-grade special needs student from 2023-2024.
Indianapolis Public Schools, former Principal Mary Kapcoe, former Vice-Principal Finae Rent, and former teacher Julious Johnican – who is charged with a felony for neglect for a separate incident of allowing the physical abuse of a special needs student – “allowed a pattern of physical abuse and bullying to continue for months, despite the family’s repeated efforts to seek protection for the child,” the family’s lawyers wrote in a statement.
The 6-year-old student suffered “bruises, soft tissue damage, and a traumatic injury that required surgery” in front of IPS staff. Lawyers say that the school’s staff didn’t call for medical help, didn’t tell the child’s family of the full injury, and didn’t investigate the incident…