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Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write (san.com)

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A former student, Aleysha Ortiz, is suing the city of Hartford and the local board of education. Ortiz alleges she graduated without learning how to read or write. She claims it was due to negligence and lack of proper support for her developmental disabilities.

The lawsuit claims Ortiz was denied necessary testing for dyslexia. It also claims she was removed from special education curriculum and only tested for developmental disabilities on her last day of school, revealing significant unmet educational needs.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 91 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Standard republican play book: Break shit and when called out wonder why it's broken.

The school to prison pipeline is malfunctioning because Ortiz was smart enough to sue.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (8 children)

"Republican play book" dude it's Connecticut. And none the less Hartford. That city hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1971.

The issue is that educational funding is predominantly on the municipal level, rather than the state level.

The only mention in the article about Republicans is the CT Republicans being outraged about how the schools have failed this child. Which is entirely justifiable.

But rather than look at the underlying system issues lets resort to flinging mud at people who had zero impact in the current situation.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm entirely convinced that Republicans are just using this as a wedge issue anyway; they don't care about Aleysha one bit.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I agree it isn't about probably isn't about just Aleysha to them. And it shouldn't be. The fact that it could be truly said about anyone is an indictment of the system alone.

But I don't agree this is a wedge issue. I've never met one human being who opposes the idea of taxes paying for a k-12 education or accepts the results of such being illiteracy.

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