Parents in Wisconsin are suing the Milwaukee Public Schools district after staffers were allegedly caught placing students in a boiler room known as “the dungeon” to punish and frighten them, a lawsuit says.
“When asked about ‘the dungeon’ by their parents, some students would become so scared, stressed and upset that they would begin to cry,” the parents’ legal complaint charges, accusing staffers at Thurston Woods School of carrying out the cruel punishment during the 2022-’23 and 2023-’24 school years.
“Students experienced sleep issues, nightmares and waking up crying during the night because of fear of ‘the dungeon,'” the complaint adds…