Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Indian Prairie School District 204
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 2011No. 10-2290PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Paula Jackson is a special education support teacher for the Indian Prairie School District, where she is responsible for helping the general population teachers educate certain disabled students. One of the students assigned to Jackson was W.K., who had been diagnosed with autism. W.K. had a long history of verbal and physical outbursts, including hitting and scratching himself, other students, and teachers. He would also swing or throw objects, including chairs. Multiple teachers and administrators recommended that W.K. be transferred to a therapeutic day school that…
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