DV vs. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER William Culleton Esq. PO Box 13089 Philadelphia, PA 19101 IN RE: THE EDUCATIONAL ASSIGNMENT OF DV A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA ODR FILE NUMBER 15698-14-15-KE MEMORANDUM AND ORDER OF THE HEARING OFFICER ON PARENT’S MOTION TO ORDER PENDENT PLACEMENT This matter arises from a Complaint Notice (complaint) […]

KN vs. Tunkhannock Area School District

PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER REINSTATEMENT ORDER/ CLOSING ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF THE HEARING OFFICER In Re: File Number 14277-1314KE Special Education Due Process Hearing for K.N. Having been informed by counsel that the parties reached a point where, despite a mutual understanding regarding all but one term of a settlement, the agreement could not […]

KO vs. Shikellamy School District

BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION K.O., Student by [redacted] Mother, Petitioner, v Shikellamy School District, Respondent. File No. 02502/11-12AS James Gerl, Hearing Officer ORDER This matter is before me upon respondent’s Motion to Dismiss. Respondent requests dismissal because it contends that the student’s mother who filed the due process complaint lacks the legal […]

KS vs. Wallingford‐ Swarthmore School District

PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER DECISION Student: K.S. Date of Birth: [redacted] Hearing Dates: April 16, 2010, April 28, 2010, June 7, 2010, June 8, 2010, July 22, 2010 and July 23, 2010 ODR File No.: 00579/0910AS School District: Wallingford‐ Swarthmore School District OPEN HEARING Parties: Wallingford Swarthmore School District Parent[s] Representatives: Mark Fitzgerald Fox […]

KG vs. Downingtown Area School District

PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER DECISION DUE PROCESS HEARING ODR #19298/16-17 KE Name of Child: K.G. Date of Birth: [redacted] Dates of Hearing: July 7, 2017 CLOSED HEARING Parties to the Hearing: Parent[s] Downingtown Area School District 540 Trestle Place Downingtown, PA 19335 Representative: Pro Se Katie Metcalfe, Esquire Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams 331 […]

KF vs. Cumberland Valley School District

PENNSYL V ANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER DECISION Child’s Name: KF Date of Birth: Redacted Dates of Hearing: October 4, 2011 November 18, 2011 CLOSED HEARING ODR File No. 1914-1011KE Parties to the Hearing: Cumberland Valley School District 6746 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 Representative: Pro Se Mark W. Cheramie Walz, Esquire Sweet, Stevens, Katz […]

KS vs. School District of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Special Education Hearing Officer DECISION Child’s Name: KS Date of Birth: Dates of Hearing: None CLOSED HEARING ODR No. 9693/08-09 AS Parties to the Hearing: Parents: Parent Attorney: Marc B. Auerbach, Esq. Law Offices of Marc B. Auerbach, LLC 625 Fitzwater Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 School District: Office of General Counsel School District of […]

SS vs. Quakertown Community Sch. Dist.

Pennsylvania Special Education Hearing Officer DISMISSAL Student’s Name: S.S. Date of Birth: [redacted] ODR No. 14764-1314KE OPEN HEARING Parties to the Hearing: Parent[s] Quakertown Community Sch. Dist. 100 Commerce Drive Quakertown, PA 18951 Representative: Pro se Christina Stephanos, Esq. 331 Butler Avenue New Britain, PA 18601 Dates of Hearing: 05/13/2014 Record Closed: 07/03/2014 Date of […]

Student vs. School District of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Special Education Hearing Officer WILLIAM F. CULLETON, JR. 2310 Waverly St. Philadelphia PA 19146 ◊ 215-284-2860 (phone) ◊ 215–545-0840 (FAX) INTRODUCTION Student is a xx year old eligible child residing in the School District of Philadelphia (District). (NT13-18 to 14-16.) The District considers him to be in ninth grade, although he has been hospitalized […]

PP vs. Pleasant Valley School District

PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER Re: ODR No. 7967/07-08 LS PP Pleasant Valley School District For the Student: For the School District: Pleasant Valley School District Route 115 Brodheadsville, PA 18322-2002 Kristine M. Roddick, Esq. King, Spry 1 West Broad Street, Suite 700 Bethlehem, PA 18018 Type of Hearing: Closed Hearing Date: January 4, 2008 […]