Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write
Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

Connecticut teen sues former school after graduating unable to read, write

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.
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.
"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.
I'm entirely convinced that Republicans are just using this as a wedge issue anyway; they don't care about Aleysha one bit.
so you're saying it's not republicans that are predominately concerned with defunding education?
or that republicans are not routinely "surprised" when their policies cause problems- exactly like this?
interesting. You're right. I'm just flinging mud. I couldn't possibly have a valid point (like maybe don't get rid of the fucking department of education.)
By the way. Your stats on funding sources is wrong. (PDF warning, but here's the budget break down as of April '24
a screen grab of the overall breakdown:
Dude you know Hartford, CT is about as DNC as it gets right?
probably the parents are suing.