A teacher who tried to stop the fight got a bloody nose and swollen lip.
The teenager was suspended for more than three weeks, but a hearing officer later ruled that violated his rights as a special-education student, reports Alex Zimmerman on Chalkbeat. Diagnosed with ADHD, Tristan hadn't received promised counseling sessions to "address impulse control and anger management."Students with disabilities are far more likely to be suspended than non-disabled peers.
In part, that's because behavioral and emotional issues such as oppositional defiant disorder are disabilities...
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