KVIG Informative

A federal lawsuit says a North Las Vegas elementary school security monitor slammed a 9-year-old boy into a wall hard enough to cause a concussion — and the district let him keep working with children for more than a year afterward.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court by Gloria Terrazas on behalf of her son, identified only as K.T., names the Clark County School District and Scott Elementary School employee Anthony Boone as defendants.

According to the complaint, Boone grabbed the boy by the arms and slammed him against a wall on April 4, 2024, after the boy ran from Boone following a fight with another student. The filing says the boy’s disability-related behavioral issues, tied to a diagnosis of ADHD, contributed to the incident, and that he was eligible for special education services at the time.

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K.T. was treated for a concussion and neck pain at UMC Children’s Hospital the day of the incident and again a week later, according to the complaint. Psychiatric providers determined the boy could not return to school for a month afterward due to mental health reasons, the filing says.

A CCSD notice of restraint filed after the incident described Boone’s use of force as necessary to protect the physical safety of others, according to the complaint. The lawsuit alleges Boone had a documented history of using unlawful aversive interventions against students, including corporal punishment, and was never disciplined over the incident involving K.T.

The district declined to say whether Boone faced discipline, citing personnel privacy laws. According to the district, a person with Boone’s name previously worked at Scott Elementary, but his employment ended in August 2025 — more than a year after the alleged assault.

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The lawsuit claims Boone’s actions violated K.T.’s rights as a student with a disability and is seeking more than $150,000 in damages through a jury trial.

CCSD has paid out settlements before over allegations involving employees and students with disabilities, including a nearly $10 million settlement approved for an autistic, nonverbal student abused by his teacher years earlier at a different Las Vegas elementary school. Whether K.T.’s case ends the same way, or whether the district actually changes how it handles allegations against its own security staff, is still an open question a year after Boone left the district’s payroll without ever facing public discipline.