Special-Needs Briefs — 2/4/08
Parents sue wrong bus company in assault case MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The parents of a 7-year-old special-needs student filed a lawsuit agains...
Parents sue wrong bus company in assault case
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The parents of a 7-year-old special-needs student filed a lawsuit against a local pupil transportation service last month, claiming that a driver for the company failed to stop another special-needs student from assaulting their child. The company’s owner said he never employed the driver in question and that the company doesn’t provide buses for special-needs students. To read the full story, click here.
Insufficient funding stalls school’s new transportation plan
FREDERICK, Md. — A local alternative school designed for students with severe emotional needs has put on hold a transportation plan to increase students’ classroom time. The plan — which called for door-to-door pick-up of the students — was shelved due to the district’s tight budget. To read the full story, click here.
Arizona residents arrested for shooting pellets at special-needs buses
GILBERT, Ariz. — A 13-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were arrested last month and booked on five counts of aggravated assault and three counts of criminal damage for allegedly firing pellet guns at two special-needs buses and one large school bus. To read the full story, click here.
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