Weast's win was the USA's loss

As Congress looks to undo some of the damage done by Superintendent Jerry Weast's litigation against parents, we look back at what Superintendent Weast had to say about Schaffer v. Weast...

The Washington Post:  Exit Interview: MoCo superintendent Jerry D. Weast on lessons learned

You fought a special education case all the way to the Supreme Court. Schaffer v. Weast tested the power of parents who challenge education plans for students with disabilities.
And we won. 

But you made a lot of parents unhappy.
I’ve also made a lot of friends. There are 17,000 of these children who have special needs in the school system, and we’re not talking about 17,000 of them having problems. 

Why did you fight so hard?
I don’t want special education kids sorted out of classes. I want them to be pushed like all children. I want them to have a great teacher. And I want them to be around all the children, not off in some other wing of the building or in some special school.