Staff members at a Fort Worth daycare allegedly disciplined young children by locking them in a dark closet on numerous occasions, the children’s parents told the Star-Telegram.
Teachers at the daycare, Oxford Academy DFW, would also knock and scratch on the closet door and tell the children a monster was going to eat them, the students told their parents.
Oxford Academy DFW declined to comment via phone on Tuesday, March 17. In a message to parents of pre-kindergarten students on March 5, the academy said a state investigation had been opened after a parent raised a concern about mistreatment of a child. The message does not describe the allegations, saying, “Due to privacy considerations for children, families and staff, we will not discuss specific details publicly.”…