The Alabama Education Lab at AL.com wants to better understand school safety and discipline in Alabama schools and educational settings.

We’re seeking parents, students and teachers with thoughts about safety and punishment, especially the practices of seclusion and restraint. We’re also seeking more information from the state about when and why seclusion and restraint are used. So far, Alabama has not released data more current than 2017-18. As of that year, the majority of students secluded or physically restrained were children with disabilities.

Have you seen something that worries you or that you think should be a story? Do you have a tip we should investigate? Do you have documents or other materials we should see?

We’d love to hear from you. You can email me directly at [email protected] or fill out this form.

Parents: Does your child have an IEP? Do you have questions about special education services? Or safety for all children, more generally? Has something concerning happened at your student’s school?

Teachers: What is it like to lead a classroom right now? Are there things you wished people understood about safety, discipline and your efforts to work with children? Please reach out.

Everyone else: Advocates, grandparents, community members — We’d love to hear story ideas, questions and concerns as well. If you work with schools and/or children with disabilities and have a resource our readers should know about it, please send it so we can include in a toolkit.

Questions about our journalism or processes? We’d love to hear them! Email Education Editor Ruth Serven Smith at [email protected].