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.
I hate to go ‘Boy, I don’t buy it’ but, uh, I kinda don’t?
This is one of those things that COULD happen, as long as every teacher, every administrator and the state itself were all intentionally trying to make it happen.
CT has standardized tests that are required to be taken to progress through school, so how can someone who can’t read or write pass those?
And EVERY teacher she had from first grade on just accepted the fact she clearly was unable to read or write, and thus was almost certainly not doing any work, and just decided that’s a-ok and we’ll just pass her along anyways without doing anything?
Somehow feels like there’s a lot more to this story than just her side as presented by that article.
I graduated many years ago now, but I did graduate with someone who could not read or write. He was a sport prodigy, so they lied to keep him playing. It definitely happens.
(without looking into it to verify) isn’t this likely because of “no child left behind”?
Me: “My kid has a learning disability. Can you give her some reasonable accommodations?”
My Kids School: “But does she really though?”
Me: “Uh, yeah. She has a diagnosis. From a psychiatrist. Also, you have noticed her grades are abysmal, right?”
School: “They’re not that bad. She’s actually doing pretty well.”
Me: “She has mostly D’s and F’s. Is that seriously what you consider ‘pretty well’?”
School: “…”
I’m doing some major paraphrasing but this is the gist of actual conversations with my daughters school administration. I’m not saying I believe it’s very likely that someone could graduate without being able to read and write. I’m just saying that in some school districts, there’s a greater than zero percent chance of that happening.
they have been doing it for decades, even our school passed people with that kinda grade to graduation. not surprised at my local CC i see people struggling with arimethic courses.