Mahoney v. Administrative School District No. 1

Petitioners are the parents of a mentally retarded minor child. After a relatively brief period of attending one of the public schools operated by the respondent school district, the child was enrolled in the Shangri-La School, a private facility which offers a year-round program of education and related services for trainable mentally retarded persons. Petitioners brought this proceeding pursuant to former ORS 343.077, 1 seeking a determination that year-round residential placement at Shangri-La was necessary for the child and that the district was required by ORS chapter 343 and the…