Chris Williams Cedar partner Chris Williams and associate Rachel Sugar recently obtained a hugely restorative discrimination settlement for a young disabled child in a Washington school district. The client was a young first generation American of Kenyan heritage who relies on a ventilator and wheelchair. In all respects, he is cognitively normal, if not of advanced intelligence. … Read more
A proposal to reduce district liability and improve student outcomes As stated by our state’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), “[o]n March 11, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. To slow the spread of the virus, on March 13, Governor Inslee ordered all public and private K–12 schools in … Read more
Everyone can agree that schools should be safe, but there are wide differences of opinion on how to accomplish that. While every effort should be made to prevent school shootings and other such tragedies, the same effort must be made to ensure due process protections are utilized to prevent false accusations against students who pose no risk at all.