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Suit says La. schools fail disabled students
- 07-29-2010
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By Jennifer Van Vrancken/New Orleans Fox 8
Parents, broken hearted about how they say their special needs children were treated at school, shared their stories. Like Robyn Flanery who's honor roll, musically gifted daughter became deeply depressed in the 7th grade. She says, "Rather than treating her illness, she began being punished for the most minor infractions... they expelled her. That expulsion broke my daughters heart and left a scar on our family forever. This should never happen again."Leskisher Luckett's 9 year old son Darren has ADHD attention issues. She explains, "Instead of treating his disability, they locked my child in a closet over and over again." She paused fighting back tears, "They physically held him down and eventually mentally broke my child down." (more...)
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