School Placing Children in Tiny Cells for "Time-Outs"

The Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services says those allegations were against some staff members in the Francis Howell School District.

In a press release, the advocacy group lays out a series of complaints against the district.

All of the allegations happened at the Hollenbeck Middle School.

The report says some children were locked in small rooms the size of closets.

The group says there is no padding in the rooms and that there is blood on the walls.

News 4 has also been told by the group that several children were injured when placed in the room and some were in need of medical attention.

The district's superintendent says that the claims are false and that recently the district passed a review from the Division of Children's Services.