VISCO BY VISCO v. SCHOOL DIST. OF PITTSBURGH

Civ. A. No. 84-1377, Related No. 84-1378.

684 F.Supp. 1310 (1988)

Jennifer VISCO, a minor, by Rita Mae VISCO, parent and guardian, and Rita May Visco, in her own right, Plaintiffs, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Sanders, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

David Dille, Asst. Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa., for School Dist. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Intermediate Unit 2 Wm. W. Penn.

Thomas Halloran, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Dept. of Educ. and Robert C. Wilburn.


OPINION

ROSENBERG, District Judge.

I do not refer to this case as "this matter" because of the nature of the case and our fundamental concern for tender children. Additionally, I look at this case as symbolic of that which is a national deficiency. The President and United States Congress recognized this deficiency and created in 1986, the Commission on Education of the Deaf. The Commission's 144-page report, "Toward Equality: Education of the Deaf" was...

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