While the term “mentally retarded” has fallen out of favor the past several years, I think the bigger issue (for those who actually read the article) is at least some of the special needs kids in the school are not what anyone/others would consider mentally retarded.
Fallen out of favor??? Obozo signed an executive order which eliminates from use the term mental retardation within the medical and education fields. We (in the education field) are now required to refer to mental retardation as "Intellectual Disability". The state of California is presently drafting legislation to do the same thing on a state level.