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June 20, 2006
Special Ed pupils in limbo
Scores of new small high schools are shutting out special education students--a controversial practice federal authorities are now examining.
The boutique schools, highly touted by Mayor Bloomberg, are not required to enroll special education students during the school's first two years. And few are equipped for teens with wheelchairs, severely limiting the students' enrollment choices.
Ashley Anderson, an eighth-grader with cerebral palsy, said she was stunned when she flipped through the city's high school directory last fall and discovered that page after page blared "no accessibility" for wheelchairs.
Posted by Michelle at June 20, 2006 07:17 PM