September, 1997 issue
Fixing Special Ed, Part 5:2001: CCSD, State of Nevada lose precedent-setting Amanda J. case
One of the most startling revelations about how Clark County School District had been treating — or mistreating — special-needs families surfaced in 2001. That was when a four-year-old lawsuit...
Digging into Question Three
Confused about Question 3? That makes about 3 million of us. Even among the politically informed, what may result from the passing of Question 3 seems unclear. Is it the...
‘Catch Me If You Can,’ Part 8
Behind Nevada’s special-ed difficulties, as well as those of every state in the union, is a real, broader problem It’s a difficulty, unfortunately, with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education...
‘Catch Me If You Can,’ Part 7
Over a decade ago, attorneys representing the small boy abused in the Preschooler II case suggested to the Clark County School District a way it could prevent similar problems in...
‘Catch Me if You Can,’ Part 5
Two days after special-ed aide Carolina Gallardo reported James Doran’s physical manhandling of autistic children in his Forbuss Elementary classroom to Principal Shawn Forbuss, Doran — unfazed — was still...
‘Catch me if you can,’ Part 3
Nevada Journal recently spoke with the mother of the boy who had been called “Preschooler” in the highly revealing 2004-2008 lawsuit. In the following report, we’ll call him Bobby —...
‘Catch Me If You Can,’ Part 4
The latest big lawsuit against Southern Nevada’s public-school system over its treatment of nonverbal autistic students appears to be coming to a head. Hurd et al v. Clark County School...
‘Catch Me If You Can,’ Part 2
Is deliberate indifference to the physical abuse of its autistic students part of Clark County School District’s business plan? An entirely outrageous allegation, you may well think. Surely, no organization...
‘Catch Me if You Can,’ Part 6
In 2003, when the precedent-setting Preschooler II lawsuit was first filed against the Clark County School District, a striking section of the complaint asserted that CCSD had, in defiance of...