Taunton Superintendent John Cabral has requested an independent administrative review of the district’s response to an incident among students on an elementary school playground last week. Cabral said the incident happened during recess at the Elizabeth Pole Elementary School. The superintendent explained that the students were playing a game with a jump rope where they wrapped it around one another, pulled on it and spun in circles leaving  one student with injuries to her neck, which Cabral said she reported to a school nurse. The superintendent said a school resource officer did try to contact the student’s parents following the incident but was unsuccessful.

Cabral said the independent review will determine whether the district’s policies and procedures were properly followed.