Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: CT Date of Birth: May 9, 1997
Dates of Hearing: March 17, April 16, June 8, June 15, June 29, 2009
OPEN HEARING
ODR No. 9666/08-09 KE
Parties to the Hearing:
Parents:
School District:
Rosemary Holecki, Coordinator of Special Education
West Shore School District
P.O. Box 803
New Cumberland, PA 17070-0803
Representative:
Parent Attorney:
Vivian Narehood, Esq. Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess 41 East Orange Street Lancaster, PA 17602
School District Attorney: Grace Deon, Esq.
Eastburn & Gray
60 East Court Street
P.O. Box 1389
Doylestown, PA 18901-0137
Date Record Closed: July 22, 2009
Date of Decision: August 1, 2009
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Student (hereinafter “Student”)1 is a resident of the West Shore School District (District) with various disabilities who complains that the District has failed to provide a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) between January 2007 and January 2009, and that the appropriate program and placement is a private school. As described below, the District did deny FAPE to Student, but the appropriate remedy is compensatory education rather than the private school placement requested by Student.
ISSUES
Whether or not the District provided FAPE to Student between January 2007 and January 2009?
CT-West-Shore-ODRNo-9666-08-09-KE