Woolcott v. State Board of Education

Lindy Woolcott has severe speech and hearing defects. To mainstream Lindy from special education classes to general education classes, the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (hereafter ISD) hired a cued speech interpreter. The cued speech instructor was used for only one term in Lindy’s general education classes. Thereafter, Lindy’s parents objected to ISD’s refusal to use the cued speech interpreter in Lindy’s general education classes. Administrative hearings were held and the result was approval of ISD’s refusal. Lindy’s parents then filed suit in circuit court challenging the…