Posted on 02/25/2025 11:01:29 AM PST by Puppage
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford Public Schools graduate is taking legal action against the city, the Board of Education, and one of her special education teachers. Aleysha Ortiz claims she asked for educational resources and support for years, but that help never came.
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I would guess that they taught her all of the “transgender” pronouns though
Teachers Unions.
They are for Teachers, not students.
“If the student failed to learn, then the teacher failed to teach.” - Socrates(?).............
She’s autistic and needs help....
No one failed her for that many years they just didn’t recognize or address or her family was never open to the conversation.
My brother’s son is autistic and a sister’s son has Asperger
...but she’s an expert on climate change and white supremacy.
(NEA)
Don’t try to understand ‘em
Just rope and throw and brand ‘em
She got what her parents paid for.
I feel bad or this person. I pulled my daughter out of public school in 4th grade, as the school she was in was pushing her the same direction. When I met with the principal and expressed my concern, he stated they were concerned with the child’s self-esteem more so than their learning.
I asked him how much self-esteem she would have when she couldn’t read or write when she turned 18 and couldn’t get a job. Then we walked out, and I enrolled her in a private Christian school. That was in 1994.
Did anyone catch that UConn accepted her?
omg.
What does that say about UConn?
Her parents failed her. It is THEIR responsibility (per Connecticut State Constitution).
What makes her think that the teachers know how to read and write?
I don’t see autism mentioned in the article.
I have no problem believing her story, when I’ve seen what abysmal educations even kids without learning disabilities are ‘graduated’ with.
Her acceptance to UConn undermines her lawsuit since she will be asked to show “harm”.
She can’t have it both ways.
It’s all Trump’s fault.
He cut funding to the Department of Education Last week and fired hundreds of probationary employees!
Just in case
/S
It certainly is harm when the school refused to help her to the point where she had to make a heroic effort on her own. How much further could she have gone, with the proper help?
We pay enormous taxes for children to receive a decent education; the end product is disappointing to the point of representing a colossal waste of money in many areas.
“No one failed her ..”
Yes, they absolutely did fail her - by graduating her all those years. In the old days when common sense prevailed, measurable levels of reading and writing skills were prerequisite to advancement through the grades.
If repeating a grade or summer school was not enough to catch the student up, special education was required - but in no case would they simply waive the requirement and let the child advance through the grades.
What parts of a standard middle school or high school curriculum are possible without reading and writing? PE, Art, Music, I suppose - that’s about it. It’s absurd.
Only one? Come to Massachusetts and you’ll find that none of the graduates in Boston and our other larger towns can’t read their diplomas.
You would think they would care that billions of dollars, that are taken at gun point from the citizens, are wasted by people who can not and have no interest in doing their job but they see absolutely no harm in it.
It is the child's fault, the parents fault, society at large's fault but never the fault of the people who are scamming billions of dollars from the public.
Oh no. Never their fault.
This is a confusing article.
It says that this young woman cannot read and write, but she was able to graduate high school with her class, and attend university.
Which is it?
All K-12 students deserve the help they need to learn to read, write, and figure. They do not need to learn all the politically correct garbage.
And students must have priority over teachers’ unions. There is way too much unionization in education today. Even Harvard graduate students have a labor union! We did just fine without one when I was in Harvard graduate school!
.....you’ll find that none of the graduates in Boston and our other larger towns can’t read their diplomas....
That’s a confusing, non-grammatical sentence!
Can they or can’t they read their diplomas?
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