J.B. v. Dist. of Columbia

CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge

Robert Belt thinks the District of Columbia Public School System ("DCPS") has sold his granddaughter J.B. short. In *4Belt's view, DCPS has not done enough to ensure that J.B.-who was diagnosed first with a learning disability and later an intellectual disability-makes appropriate academic progress at her public elementary school. Belt and J.B. (collectively, "plaintiffs") sought remedies through the proper administrative channels, but an administrative hearing officer denied their requests. Believing the hearing officer got it wrong,…