A federal judge has ruled that a private boys’ school is not obliged to offer a summer instruction program as a way of accommodating a disabled student who would otherwise fall behind his class. The Haverford School in suburban Philadelphia had already extensively accommodated previous requests by the junior, who has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and sleeping disorders. Could this be what the American Constitution Society is talking about when it refers in alarmist tones to the “vanishing” Americans with Disabilities Act? (Shannon P. Duffy, “School Not Obliged to Offer Summer Program Under ADA”, The Legal Intelligencer, Aug. 7).
School not obliged to offer summer program
A federal judge has ruled that a private boys’ school is not obliged to offer a summer instruction program as a way of accommodating a disabled student who would otherwise fall behind his class. The Haverford School in suburban Philadelphia had already extensively accommodated previous requests by the junior, who has been diagnosed with chronic […]
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