CPS takes Ohio child after parents refuse to have their child evaluated on school’s insistence

theblaze.com

One set of parents in Ohio is outraged after Child Protective Services took their child from his home on what many would call extremely flimsy grounds. According to these parents, CPS removed their 7-year-old child from their home after they refused to have their child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on the school’s insistence.

Camden Maple is a typical young boy, according to his stepmother, Katie Maple. He’s energetic and “rambunctious,” acting out in class when he gets bored “like children sometimes do.” According to her, the Bowman Primary School in Lebanon, Ohio believes his rambunctious side stems from ADHD. According to the Maples, Camden’s behavior stems from not being challenged in the classroom.

Todd Yohey, Superintended of Bowman Primary, refused to comment as to  what disruptive behaviors Camden exhibited that caused the school to suggest a doctor’s visit, citing confidentiality laws.

According to the Maples, the school attempted several times to get the Maples to have their son diagnosed with ADHD and medicated, but they refused. As Katie Maple stated on her GoFundMe page, “we as parents do not have the problems the school claims to have with him, at home. We know how to deal with a rambunctious 7 year old, but the school is content with making him believe that he is a bad child, we disagree.”...

The parents’ refusal to take the boy to the hospital for evaluation reportedly did not sit well with the school, who had an official call the Maples the following morning, asking what the parents and the boy talked about when they got home. The Maples refused to give any details into the family conversation with Camden, saying it was private family business.

This apparently caused the school to call CPS.

CPS in turn called the Maples about a “neglect allegation,” and told the parents that they wanted to stop by the home and investigate the school’s claim, which the parents denied.

“An investigation would impose on our right to privacy, our fundamental right of child rearing and medical decision making on behalf of our child, all of which have already been written into case law,” says Katie.

According to the Maples’ GoFundMe page, two weeks later, on March 3rd, a CPS worker called the Maples, notifying them that they had an “emergency shelter care” hearing in court later that same afternoon.