Springdale School District v. Grace

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAUL X WILLIAMS, District Judge.

In this case, the plaintiff, Springdale School District Number 50 of Washington County, Arkansas, seeks a holding that the appropriate education for Sherry Grace, a handicapped child, is provided at the Arkansas School for the Deaf instead of the Springdale Public School. The defendants, Albert Grace, Joann Grace, individually and as guardian ad litem for Sherry Grace, have counterclaimed seeking an injunction requiring the plaintiff to hire a special teacher qualified to teach Sherry Grace and to institute a summer program to make up the…