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Bentonville Public Schools Create Safe Classrooms for Behaviorally Disruptive Students

Courtesy: Bentonville Public School Facebook
Bentonville public school children assembled outdoors for a special event last school year.

Bentonville public school students with chronic disruption issues will be assessed and then temporarily sequestered in two new "behavior classrooms." We talk with Bentonville Public School Superintendent Debbie Jones about the novel method.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.