Cherry Pie Justice

The following document, “K_Behavior_PostTC 6-4-2019” provides an example of how radically different K.’s behavior reports were after his safety transfer away from Thornton Creek. Contrasted with some of the TC teacher reports cited in the investigation findings, it illustrates how a child who had been deemed a “problem” was, when placed in a healthy learning environment, a completely different person than the one described by his former teachers.

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