Staff member accused of feeding student dog food placed on leave, district confirms

MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Metropolitan School District on Wednesday confirmed that one of its staff members was placed on leave after a mother claimed her non-verbal autistic son was fed dog food instead of a school lunch.

Debra Hawkes told News 3 Now on Monday that her son Jaden, a freshman at Madison East High School, was given a can of wet Nutrish dog food by a staff member several weeks ago.

Madison school officials sent the following statement:…

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