Ms. Jane Heinzl

The appellant parent appealed an Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) decision placing her child, who has a severe learning disability, in a mixed exceptionalities class with a maximum of sixteen students.

The parent argued for a self-contained class with a maximum of eight students under Regulation 298, clause 31(a).

The Tribunal found that while there was a change in placement from a smaller learning disability class to a larger mixed exceptionalities class, the current placement in the Satellite Program at the secondary school was meeting the student's needs and was in the student's best interests.

The appeal was dismissed and the IPRC decision upheld.