By Bob Walsh
A diploma without literacy? Student sues her high school
Alicia Ortiz is 19 years old.
She graduated from high school in Hartford, Connecticut last year and
began at University of Connecticut in Hartford this past fall. In a
remarkable piece of irony she is studying public policy.
The
problem is she can neither read nor write. It is causing her problems
in college. In high school she used computer programs to translate her
words to text on a page to write essay material.
She
is now suing the city of Hartford and the Board of Education for
negligence. The city and the district have thus far declined comment.
EDITOR'S NOTE: And she graduated with High Honors.
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