Beaufort County Schools v. Roach

ORR, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in reversing the decision of the State Board of Education concluding that BCS failed to provide a free appropriate education for petitioner’s daughter, Ginger Goforth, who is a behaviorally-emotionally handicapped (“BEH”) child.

This case was first heard by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) who made the following findings of fact: In August of 1987, Ginger Goforth was enrolled in the BCS system at Bath High School and placed in a self-contained BEH class. In October of 1987, following a violent episode, petitioner…