Appeal for full integration in regular classroom dismissed; segregated placement with partial integration affirmed.
The parents of a 14-year-old developmentally handicapped student appealed the school board's decision to place the student in a segregated Junior Developmentally Handicapped program.
The parents sought full integration in a regular classroom with a full-time teaching assistant.
The Tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding that the student's significant developmental delays and need for specialized life skills instruction could not be adequately addressed in a regular classroom, and that the board's proposed placement offered the most appropriate environment for the student's educational and social development.
