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From: brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms)
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Subject: Re: law suit in Indiana (perhaps Illinois)
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> 
> I remember hearing about a law suit between parents and a school district.
> It was, I believe, in Indiana (so we can probably rule out that state (-:).
> It was about three maybe four years ago.  The parents were suing the school
> because the school held the child back in the first grade becasue he could
> not read.  The parents claim was that by holding the child back, permanent
> emotional damage was done.  The schools defense was that if they allowed the
> child to pass, the chances of his not learning to read would be greatly
> increased thereby limiting the reach of his potential.

I remember a more recent case where a student filed suit against a school
system because he could NOT read, yet he had graduated.  If I remember
correctly, is was passed along because of his athletic ability.

The schools appear damned if they do and damed if they don't.  I personally
hope that the law suit against Indiana was thrown out.  What is a school
for anyway?

			-- Brad Brahms
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