Students with disabilities at a West Texas elementary school were allegedly restrained to chairs for hours and denied food and water, according to legal action filed last week against Midland ISD. The allegations have triggered a Child Protective Services investigation, six staff resignations and rising concern from parents .

The allegations center on South Elementary’s life skills program, where children “endured unspeakable systemic abuse and neglect,” according to a letter from attorneys who announced over the weekend their intent to sue the district on behalf of multiple families.

In that letter, attorneys allege the children in the program — many of whom are “non-verbal, autistic, and defenseless” – were restrained for extended periods of time, denied access to basic needs, expo

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