Federal Class Action Lawsuit -
Here is a bit of legal background that may be useful:
Strategies for High Need Students The lawsuit is believed to be the first in the nation to use special education law to argue for accommodations for students whose ability to concentrate and learn is impaired by the stress of repeated violence, abuse and neglect.
Federal Class Action Lawsuit “Schools that fail to address the impact of trauma on students are engaging in unlawful discrimination,” said Laura Faer, statewide education rights director at Public Counsel, a Los Angeles public interest law firm, in a video press conference.
The suit, Peter P., et al. v. Compton Unified School District, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, located in Los Angeles, by Public Counsel and Irell & Manella, a Los Angeles firm working pro bono.
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Plaintiff Rodney Curry, a Dominguez High School teacher for 19 years who attended Dominguez High himself, said he has lost dozens of students to violence and attends one to three funerals a year for current and former students.
“Yet he has never received training on trauma or mental health,” according to a statement from Public Counsel and Irell & Manella, “nor has he been informed or made aware of any system for referring students that need mental health services to a program outside of school.”
He has actively considered leaving the teaching profession, but stays on because of the role he plays for some students, the statement said.