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re: Federal Judge Okays New Orleans Charter School Rejection Of Student With Special Needs

Posted on 9/17/26 at 12:58 pm to
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
25932 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 12:58 pm to
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the Leah Chase is currently open and district run for now, but it's not a traditional public school. It doesn't have boundaries for enrollment.


I admit I do not understand the school options down your way.

However, you have already stated MOST of these charters are open enrollment.

These parents aren’t claiming their child cannot get an education, they’re salty that this fancy pants exclusive school denied him a seat he was never owed to begin with.

The child would NOT get the supports he needs in that environment and every effort to support him would necessarily take away from the students hand selected FOR that environment.

The parents are look-at-me jerks.

Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
63275 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 12:59 pm to
What am I exhibiting a sense of entitlement about? Why are you assigning that position to me?
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
12559 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:00 pm to
That's like keeping paraplegics out of the olympics.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
25932 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:02 pm to
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That's like keeping paraplegics out of the olympics.


Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
63275 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:02 pm to
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These parents aren’t claiming their child cannot get an education, they’re salty that this fancy pants exclusive school denied him a seat he was never owed to begin with.

I honestly think the dad is just looking to make a name for himself in this niche legal field. He saw an opportunity to litigate and took it.

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The parents are look-at-me jerks.

One ZILLION percent. I think it's horrible that they are using their kid to garner attention like this.

In full transparency, I did NOT put Willow on my kids' one apps. I don't agree with selective enrollment schools, so I don't utilize them. I don't care what other parents choose for their kids, though. I'm not on a rampage to get selective-enrollment schools shut down.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
25932 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:03 pm to
I stand down, Cubbies.

Thought you were rooting for this prick parent.

Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
63275 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:04 pm to
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This law imposes a terrible burden on society and was ill conceived from the start.


I agree that this places an exceptional burden on communities.

There's really no way around this without being discriminatory, though. And if discrimination is allowed based on a disability... it just opens Pandora's Box.

Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
111831 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:05 pm to
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The child would NOT get the supports he needs in that environment and every effort to support him would necessarily take away from the students hand selected FOR that environment.


Yeah, trying to insert a kid like this into the most selective magnet type school in the Parish, seems like about the stupidest way possible to try to force this issue.

And I actually recognize it's an issue, knowing people who have literally moved out of the Parish specifically because of it.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
21487 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:08 pm to
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what accommodations are going to be made for the hard-to-educate students that no charter or private school wants?



I understand its difficult but sometimes we have to face reality. Just because you were dealt a shitty hand doesn't mean everyone else has to fold their cards.
Posted by JimEverett
Member since May 2020
2714 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:09 pm to
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This kid's dad is a disability attorney trying to make a name for himself and cash in on his kid's disabilities. He's filed multiple law suits in multiple jurisdictions. Not everything is the fault of "ThE LeFt."


I wonder why he did not sue the Orleans Parish School Board. That is the responsible party. Either bad lawyering or he had some reason that is not clear and took a chance.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
60525 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:10 pm to
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This kid's dad is a disability attorney trying to make a name for himself and cash in on his kid's disabilities. He's filed multiple law suits in multiple jurisdictions.


Grifters gotta grift.
Posted by Old Hellen Yeller
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
9989 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:10 pm to
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O.E.’s parents (his father is a disability attorney)


What a nice little arrangement they have
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
25932 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:12 pm to
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And I actually recognize it's an issue, knowing people who have literally moved out of the Parish specifically because of it.


I’d be interested in hearing more of this aspect if you’re willing to share.
Posted by riverdiver
Summerville SC
Member since May 2022
3145 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:13 pm to
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This kid's dad is a disability attorney trying to make a name for himself and cash in on his kid's disabilities. He's filed multiple law suits in multiple jurisdictions. Not everything is the fault of "ThE LeFt."


Without knowing anything about this attorney, I’d almost wager that he supports “ThE LeFt”, and his supporters belong to “ThE LeFt”.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
38452 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:20 pm to
Good. The plaintiffs dad is an annoying attention whore. sorry your mentally disabled son can’t bring a high achieving school to a screeching halt to accommodate just him.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
36874 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:22 pm to
Doesn't sound much different than a magnet school? Are we going to get rid of them so that no one is capable of higher achievement because some people can't reach that level?
Posted by JimEverett
Member since May 2020
2714 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:24 pm to
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I wonder why he did not sue the Orleans Parish School Board. That is the responsible party. Either bad lawyering or he had some reason that is not clear and took a chance.


Just being curious about stupid shite like this, I looked up the case and can probably answer my own question.

The father did not sure OPSB because his son attends the one school run by OPSB and is "thriving": "O.E. is currently attending NOLA-PS’s one direct-run school and is “thriving” there; though, his mother expressed that “there’s been a lot of speculation about whether the school will be in existence after this year,” which puts O.E.’s family in “limbo” regarding O.E.’s future schooling.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
35034 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:25 pm to
Girl I worked with kid went to Willow, he was the biggest pot head..

She use to also let him bang his girlfriend at their house, while she was home...
This post was edited on 9/17/26 at 1:28 pm
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
117806 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:34 pm to
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This law imposes a terrible burden on society and was ill conceived from the start.


The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
63275 posts
Posted on 9/17/26 at 1:52 pm to
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And I actually recognize it's an issue, knowing people who have literally moved out of the Parish specifically because of it.



Parents of kids with IEPs? Curious when this happened. There were so many special education abuses in the years right after the storm.
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