Settlement requires state to monitor Concord school that restrained students

Elyse K., a parent of twins in Contra Costa County, knew something was amiss at her children’s new school when her daughter, then age 8, refused to get out of the car during morning drop-off.

“She said that they had hung her on the wall, like a coat on a coat rack, with her legs spread like an X,” said the parent, who asked to remain anonymous to protect her children’s identities. “She said she’d had enough and didn’t want to go back.”