"Nothing in the room, no chair no table, no books," said Bill Lichtenstein. "Severe isolation or frightening isolation can be really very destructive," says Psychologist Elizabeth Englander.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Parents are outraged that a metro school district uses isolation rooms, but that district says they’re nothing new. The Independence School District tells FOX 4 that the i… ...

The isolation room at Mill Creek “is an empty room with a door that opens into the room,” said Janet Richards, assistant superintendent of elementary education in Independence.

On March 31, upset parents crowded into a business in Silver Creek to address allegations of the use of the so-called "isolation room" at the district's elementary school.

Airborne coronavirus particles were found both inside and outside the rooms of people with COVID-19 who were supposed to be self-isolating at home, a new study found.

Isolation rooms have been used at public schools for decades. Sometimes called safety rooms or quiet rooms, they're intended as a tool to separate students who may be a harm to themselves or others.

That’s in addition to regular negative pressure rooms in the department, Zimmer said. And there are more inpatient isolation units than had originally been planned, he said.

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 10:08 p.m. UCLA Housing decreased the number of COVID-19 isolation rooms for the 2023-2024 academic year. In previous years, dorm buildings and university ...

UCLA Housing removed all isolation rooms for on-campus students who test positive for COVID-19. This academic year, UCLA adjusted its COVID-19 policies to align with current public health ...