In a news conference Thursday, vice president Auon'tai Anderson claimed a whistleblower on staff at McAuliffe revealed that students of color had been locked inside a room with a lock on the outside.
The Denver Police Department has opened an investigation into the use of a "seclusion room" at McAuliffe International School, an agency spokesman confirmed Friday, a day after Board of Education members called on the department to look into the middle school's use of a locked room as a potential disciplinary tool.
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Denver Police said a report was filed over a de-escalation room at McAuliffe International School that DPS school board members said was used to lock up students.
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