Levy v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalle,

This case is before us because of the inability of the local school district and intermediate unit, on the one hand, and the Department of Education, on the other, to agree on the precise nature of Sharri L.’s mental disability. Their disagreement has placed this child (now 16 years of age) between the Scylla of mental retardation and the Charybdis of brain injury. The situation stems from the fact that those who are responsible for the operation of our educational system apparently feel that before they can solve this problem, they must first find a label for Sharri.

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