Overview
- Morrison, who pleaded guilty Monday, received 30 days in jail, 120 days of electronic‑monitored house arrest, plus a lengthy probation term.
- The court barred her from any job involving children, ordered her to surrender her occupational‑therapy license, and required a mental‑health assessment.
- Investigators said school video showed her seating a 13-year-old inside a circle of 18 students as others hit, kicked, and choked him for about 30 minutes, then high‑fiving an attacker and forcing the victim to apologize.
- Three employees — Michael Bean, Kristin Bell, and Kathrine Lipscomb — remain charged in related cases, while defense lawyers argue the affidavit does not prove physical injury.
- Prosecutors said the deal spared children from testifying, sharpening scrutiny of a school that marketed autism services and participated in Arkansas’s LEARNS voucher program.