Each of these cases are at the core of a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the Milwaukee Public Schools district systemically failed to identify kids needing special education services in a timely fashion.
The parents of all three children testified in a three-week-long trial that wrapped up last week and now will be decided by U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron Goodstein, probably this summer. At issue in the decision are the fates of thousands of children eligible for special education in the city and millions of dollars spent on special education each year.