The Brief
- Two MPS parents are taking legal after their disabled, nonverbal children were allegedly abused by school staff.
- Incidents involved slapping (Riverside High, staffer arrested) and grabbing/throwing (Siefert School, charges declined).
- The legal action seeks accountability and damages from MPS and the city.
MILWAUKEE – Two Milwaukee Public Schools parents are planning to take legal action after they say their disabled children were abused by school staffers.
Accusations of abuse
What we know:
FOX6 News sat down with 18-year-old Shrone Dunn, a nonverbal student, who shared she was slapped in the face by a paraprofessional at Riverside University High School.
Dunn lives with cerebral palsy. Her mother, Shirley Dunn, said Shrone no longer wants to go to school.
“I’m so hurt by this it’s not only hurting her. I am her voice. She can’t talk, she can’t say sentences,” Shirley Dunn said.
The investigation
The backstory:…