Due Process Hearing for GT
Date of Birth: xx/xx/xx
ODR File Number: 6924-06-07/KE
Dates of Hearing: November 2, 2006 December 6, 2006, December 15, 2006, December 20, 2006
Parties: M/M
Palmyra Area School District 1125 Park Drive
Palmyra, PA 17078
Representative:
Amy Slody, Esq.
41 E. Orange St. Lancaster, PA 17602
Steven Russell, Esq. Susquehanna Commerce Ctr. Suite 600
221 W. Philadelphia St. York, PA 17401
Date Final Transcript/Exhibits Received: December 28, 2006
Date Closing Statements Received/ Record Closed: January 19, 2007
Date of Decision: February 4, 2007
Hearing Officer: Joy Waters Fleming, Esq
Background
Student is currently in the fourth grade at the Private School. From kindergarten through the third grade he attended school in the District. At the end of his third grade year, Parent’s unilaterally placed Student at the Private School
Issues
Was Student denied FAPE during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years because the District failed to develop:
a) program that adequately addressed his ADHD and anxiety issues;
b) a program that addressed his speech and language deficits in phonological awareness, phonological memory and rapid naming;
c) A program that addressed his word deficits when speaking;
d) a program that addressed his dysgraphia;
e) a program to address his deficits in developing basic reading skills an implement the Wilson reading program;
f) a program to address his reading comprehension skills.
Was Student denied FAPE because he failed to make appropriate progress in math skills?
Are Parents entitled to reimbursement for the IEE performed by Dr. K?
Did the District deny Student FAPE because he was not provided with ESY during the summer of 2006?
Did the District offer Student an appropriate program placement for the 2006-2007 school year?