A former student, Aleysha Ortiz, is suing the city of Hartford and the local board of education. Ortiz alleges she graduated without learning how to read or write. She claims it was due to negligence and lack of proper support for her developmental disabilities.
The lawsuit claims Ortiz was denied necessary testing for dyslexia. It also claims she was removed from special education curriculum and only tested for developmental disabilities on her last day of school, revealing significant unmet educational needs.
This should only be surprising to people who don’t know the stats. It’s almost 20% of graduates are functionally illiterate. There’s almost no schools where the bottom 5% of students are are close to competent in any subject.