Pennsylvania
Special Education Hearing Officer
DECISION
Child’s Name: KL
Date of Birth: xx/xx/xx
Date of Hearing: November 6, 2008
CLOSED HEARING
ODR No. 9253/08-09 KE
Parties to the Hearing: Parents:
School District:
James Dewitt, Supervisor of Special Education West Chester Area School District
829 Paoli Pike
West Chester, PA 19380-4551
Representative: Pro Se
School District Attorney:
David T. Painter, Esq.
Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams 331 Butler Avenue
P.O. Box 5069
New Britain, PA 18901-5069
Date Record Closed: November 14, 2008
Date of Decision: November 22, 2008
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Student (Student) 1 is a teen-age high school student attending the [REDACTED] Charter School (Charter School) located more than 10 miles outside the borders of the West Chester Area School District (School District), in which Student lives. Student asks me to order the School District to provide transportation for Student to and from the Charter School. For the reasons described below, I find for the School District.
ISSUE
Is School District required to transport Student to and from Student’s home and the Charter School?
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