Schools Are Sending Kids to Virtual Classes as Punishment. Advocates Say That Could Violate Their Rights. Even before the pandemic, informal student removals were one of the most common complaints to disability rights agencies, advocates say
Published May 4, 2021 •
Updated on May 4, 2021 at 2:55 pm
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Before his kindergarten classes begin for the day, Raynardo Antonio Ocasio watches from his mother’s third-floor bedroom window as his classmates line up on the sidewalk below.
“It actually makes him sad,” said his mother, Mayra Irizarry. “He doesn’t understand why he’s not going to the school. He wants that interaction. He wants to be around kids.”