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The settlement commits the district to a three-year plan to eliminate seclusion and improve its practices around restraint.
This story was originally published on May 8, 2001. A man who told one victim ''Get ready to meet your maker'' attacked children with a fillet knife early Monday morning at Mountain View Elementary School, slashing and seriously injuring four young boys before he was cornered by teachers and disarmed by police. The attack sent some children screaming into the school and others fighting to protect their classmates. It ended minutes later with dozens of children locked in rooms guarded by teachers. A teacher confronted the assailant in a classroom and used a desk and then a plastic bin to kee...