OKALOOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED AGAIN

A second federal lawsuit has been filed claiming the Okaloosa County School Board, Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson and others tolerated a historical pattern and practice of abuse of disabled students and took action to avoid its detection. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of an unnamed minor only referred to by the initials “C.H.” C.H. was a 12-year-old, non-verbal autistic child who attended Silver Sands School in 2014 and was placed in the care of teacher Roy Frazier who is accused of pushing, slapping, punching and kicking non-verbal disabled students, including C.H., which resulted in injuries to them. The first lawsuit was filed by Eddie Perillo for his autistic son Noah. Both lawsuits seek more than $75,000 in compensatory damages.