WAUPUN — It’s a room built for solitary confinement, but it’s not a cell at Waupun State Prison. It’s a ‘time out’ area at Rock River School, just a few blocks away.

“It`s a very common thing to have in public schools,” Donald Childs, Superintendent of the Waupun Area School District said.

Teachers call it the ‘Quiet Room.’ The mother of an autistic child calls it ‘the box.’

“It’s a boxed roof. It’s an enclosed box,” Mandy Rennhack said. “It’s not a box. It is a room,” Childs counters.

It’s a room that Childs says is vital for calming children down who are out of control, but the superintendent was hardly eager to have FOX6 News show it to viewers.  When FOX6 Investigators asked to see the room, the superintendent flatly answered, “No.”

Why not?

TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP — Fond du Lac County officials removed dozens of animals in various stages of starvation from a home in the Town of Friendship Thursday, May 10th. Some of the animals discovered on the property along Chestnut Rd. were already dead.

In all, officials removed 65 dogs and 50 goats from the property. The Fond du Lac Humane Society euthanized two dogs that could not be saved.

Investigators say they found the property because of a wayward calf. It had strayed onto Highway 45 near the Winnebago County line late Wednesday night, May 9th. A deputy took the calf to the property to determine if it belonged there. The deputy discovered a 10-year-old boy was the only person in the home. He also found dead goats at the farm and more than 60 dogs scattered around the property.

MADISON (AP) — Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk says she will join with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to work for his victory over Republican Gov. Scott Walker in four short weeks.

She asked her supporters Tuesday to also get behind Barrett, who won the primary.

Falk was the first Democrat to get into the recall race and racked up support of major unions and other groups before Barrett got in the race on March 30.

But polls showed Barrett was the favored candidate even before he joined the race.

Falk says the next four weeks may be the most important in Wisconsin history.