San Francisco students with disabilities will remain at private school

From The Bay Citizen: Seven special education students in the San Francisco Unified School District will be allowed to remain at the Erikson School, a private facility for kids with severe behavioral problems. The rulings in the seven cases are the latest in a string of legal disputes the district has lost this year, as it has struggled to overhaul special-education services and place more kids in mainstream settings. In May, the district notified parents that it would no longer be contracting with the Erikson School and that their kids would be moved to other schools. The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires students to remain in their current school while parents and district officials are resolving a disagreement about the child's next placement.