CJN v. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

No. 02-1261.

323 F.3d 630 (2003)

CJN, by and through his Parent and Natural Guardian SKN, Appellant, v. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Special School District No. 1; Minneapolis Board of Education; Catherine Shreves, Chair; Carol Johnson, Superintendent, in their representative capacities, Appellees. Children's Law Center of Minnesota; ARC Minnesota; ARC Hennepin-Carver, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Jane Goetz, argued, St. Paul, Minnesota (Margaret O'Sullivan Kane, on the brief), for appellant.

Laura Tubbs Booth, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Eric J. Magnuson, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MAGILL, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question, among others, of whether a disabled student, whom we shall call CJN, received a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) in his third-grade year as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 — 1487. The district court1 held that he did, focusing on CJN's academic progress and the continuous efforts to tailor...

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