A Lexington family is suing Fayette County Public Schools after a 7-year-old nonverbal boy with autism climbed out of an open classroom window and ran alongside a busy road for nearly 20 minutes before anyone at the school noticed he was missing, the complaint revealed.
An attorney filed the lawsuit on March 11 in Fayette Circuit Court. The complaint named the Fayette County Board of Education, Superintendent Demetrus Liggins, and several staff members at Meadowthorpe Elementary School as defendants.
According to the complaint, the child arrived at Meadowthorpe Elementary on Nov. 17, 2025, and was placed in the school’s moderate to severe disability classroom at around 12:01 p.m. The complaint stated the child was well known to staff for being drawn to the classroom window and frequently attempting to open it. A teacher had reportedly requested a window lock around one month before the incident, but the complaint stated no lock had been installed by the time of the incident…