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"School and district officials have met with Barton and her son to create an individual education plan to address his difficulties, she said. Portillo attended these meetings, Barton said."
Know what you're talking about before you start with this again. I'll give you a pass on accusing me personally of being all for this kid staying in a regular classroom. But the US Department of Education has a series of steps that a child must go through in order to be placed in a special needs classroom. This child had not made it through all of them to this date:
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html
"Participation with nondisabled children. The IEP must explain the extent (if any) to which the child will not participate with nondisabled children in the regular class and other school activities. "
None of this excuses the conduct of the teacher in above circumstances.