1. Immediately upon moving to D.C., Bellamy’s mother tried to
enroll him in the city’s Ballou Senior High. But officials kept missing
meetings and putting her off.
Bellamy drifted for five
weeks before he was allowed to start classes at Ballou. An independent
hearing officer, hired by the city to help resolve special education
disputes, later said the delay was “due to unresponsiveness of and lack
of communication” of school staff...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/30/four-ways-schools-failed-in-the-case-of-maurice-bellamy-a-17-year-old-charged-with-two-killings/
It's the fault of the callous society
ReplyDeleteThat caused him great anxiety
And then slipped into depression
And snuffed two lives for attention.