To the editors:
“Jackson also claimed that some children are deliberately labeled inaccurately to justify their transfer from segregated settings into neighborhood schools,” McClory wrote.
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In fact, I reported on the individual case of one child whose records were altered for reasons that were “unexplained,” and said school officials were investigating the case.
David Jackson
Jackson reported that 3,500 disabled pupils had been transferred to neighborhood schools in 1992, with another 1,500 to 2,000 more expected to be relocated this year. The ultimate goal, he noted, citing board officials, is to put “as many disabled pupils as possible in regular classrooms.” He added that special-education classes can cost more than twice as much as regular classes. It’s possible to consider this movement “dumping,” as Green called it, or not, as Jackson would prefer.
