The parents of a special education student in Seaford are suing the school district over what they call discipline gone bad.

The family's attorney, Ken Mollins, says 9-year-old Matthew Grogan told his parents a behavioral therapist at Seaford Harbor Elementary School put him in a closet more than three times and left the room. While the school admits the boy was put in the closet, officials say it only happened three times and someone was in the room. The parents decided to sue after learning the therapist was asked back for the fall.

The school's principal would not comment on the matter because of the pending litigation.