James N. Van Duyn, for His Son, Christopher J. Van Duyn, a Minor & Incapacitated Person v. Baker School District 5j

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from the difficult transition of Christopher J. Van Duyn (“Van Duyn”), a severely autistic child, from elementary to middle school. Van Duyn alleges that Baker School District 5J (“District”) failed to implement key portions of his individualized educational program (“IEP”) during the 2001-02 school year, his first year at Baker Middle School, thereby depriving him of the free appropriate public education guaranteed by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.1 An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) ruled…