Pitts v. Board of Education of Reorganized School District R-IX of Grundy County

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The petition comes on behalf of a seventeen year old high school student, Ross Pitts, through his parents for evaluation as a handicapped child entitled to special educational services within §§ 162.670 et seq., RSMo Cum.Supp.1973. The child was denied assignment for special services by the Grundy County School Board [Board of Education of Reorganized School District R— IX] and then on the reevaluation authorized by § 162.950 was again denied such assignment. The subsequent formal hearing conducted under § 162.961 was also adverse to the student. Review by the…