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Study finds info on students’ emotional and physical disabilities left off referrals to cops, courts
Richmond area school divisions appear to be flouting federal and state regulations by withholding critical information when they refer special education students to law enforcement departments and the courts for serious misconduct, according to a new study.
Trespassing charge dismissed against education advocate
Just like two other area school districts, Richmond failed in its bid to convict outspoken student advocate Kandise Lucas of trespassing.
Education advocate arrested in Richmond
Kandise Lucas, an advocate for children with special needs, was arrested on Tuesday, adding to her rap sheet. Richmond police arrested Ms. Lucas at Blackwell Elementary School in South Side after she accompanied a parent to a meeting concerning development of an individualized education plan, or IEP, for her son. This is the fifth time in the past year that Ms. Lucas has been arrested for trespassing on school grounds, and the first of such arrests in Richmond.
