
Utah students speak out about their experiences in seclusion
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — In his nightmares, Marcus Norton is alone at Mountain View Elementary School in the small, padded room with the gray metal door and the little window. The 15-year-old said he mostly tries to avoid thinking about his experience in seclusionary time out — a behavioral intervention that’s allowed in schools across the state only in extreme circumstances when a student poses an imminent safety risk to themselves or others. But he can’t always escape these “bad memories” when he...