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New York High School Rejects Deaf Student's Service Dog Again Despite State Ruling
Foxnews.com ^
| March 13, 2008
| AP
Posted on 03/13/2008 4:08:15 PM PDT by RDTF
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A public high school has turned away a deaf student's service dog despite a state ruling saying the animal should be allowed.
W. Tresper Clarke High School's principal intercepted 15-year-old John Cave outside the Westbury school's entrance Tuesday, a day after the state Human Rights Division told the school to let in the dog. Commissioner Kumiki Gibson wrote that state law "prohibits educational institutions from denying access to their facilities to people with disabilities."
Cave left and did not go to classes Tuesday.
East Meadow School District Superintendent Leon Campo said Tuesday the school would admit the dog if a court ordered it. For now, "we'll continue to make the arguments that we're not only acting in the best interest of John Cave ... but all the 8,000 students that we are responsible for," he said.
The Human Rights Commission has not sought a court order. Gibson has said the commission's directives are usually followed without a court's input.
Cave and his family say the teen, who uses cochlear implants, needs the service dog to help with his studies. School officials say they're concerned for other students' and staffers' health and safety.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ada; publicschools; servicedg; servicedogs; workingdogs
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ya gotta be kidding
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:08:17 PM PDT
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
Nice. More tax payers dollars to fight yet another court battle that the school will LOSE.
To: RDTF
The family and the dog was on Fox and Friends this morning. We should call Mark Levin and his dog afficiandos into the fray.
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:12:36 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: RDTF
This, from the state that gave us Eliot Spitzer, among other atrocities. They deserve whatever they foist upon themselves.
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:12:44 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(I hope the AG pounds the Mann Act up Spitzer's ass with a sharp stick.)
To: wallcrawlr
To: RDTF
8000 Students in high school.
Thats more bodies than the town where I was raised.
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:15:36 PM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
To: Young Werther
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:18:24 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: RDTF
Why does the boy need a dog? He's deaf, not blind, and he's got Cochlear implants. I don't get it.
What am I missing? (Note: this is a real question, not trying to insult the boy in question - I actually don't know the answer.)
Drew Garrett
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:20:44 PM PDT
by
agarrett
To: RDTF
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:22:27 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: RDTF
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:23:42 PM PDT
by
null and void
(It's 3 AM, do you know where Hillary is? Does she know where Bill is? Does Bill know what 'is' is?)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:25:10 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: agarrett
maybe it's an Independence assistance issue that allows him to be able to go and excel in a normal school
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:28:53 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: agarrett
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:30:36 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: RDTF
I have seen pictures on the other thread. IMHO he using the dog to attract girls. Seems like a smart guy to me.
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:31:29 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(It's a slow night so, In for a penny in for a pound.)
To: RDTF
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:32:56 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: org.whodat
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:34:34 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: agarrett
does Rush Limbaugh need a dog to help him study. How does a dog help someone study?
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:35:14 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make koranimals an endangered species)
To: RDTF
maybe it's an Independence assistance issue that allows him to be able to go and excel in a normal schoolNo it is a pet and the federal court has already rulled that it was. The kid has a state paid for signer with him in school.
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:37:18 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: org.whodat
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posted on
03/13/2008 4:38:15 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
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