She graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could barely read, now she's suing the Edmonds School District
For most families, a high school diploma is the key to unlocking your future. As a student with special needs, Makena's graduation day was filled with promise. The academics at Lynnwood High were ha...
First schools are sued for disparate outcomes now they’re sued for benevolent discrimination.
I hate everyone involved in this. WHO THE FUCK LETS THEIR “SPECIAL NEEDS” KID SPEND 40k A YEAR ON A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
This just needs reiterating.
Their pet minorities will sue the moment they encounter any resistance whatsoever. The only way to appease them is cradle to grave gibs (including cushy makework careers).
It's not what one thinks of as a real vocational program.
It's a program specifically for mentally disabled people to be somewhat functional. "Overall expenses," is probably including housing, food, etc. I guarantee you they're inflating the number as much as possible because they're seeking damages.
Edit: School's site quotes $45.6k for the full 4 years, so 70% of that $160k figure is playing with what they can call "student debt."
It would be much more than 40k if it were a learing center.
A first grade reading level amounts to irreparable retardation, no? How does that result in this stupid bitch attending any sort of post secondary education other than struggling through Dr Seuss in her parents house?
Good enough for journalism or political science.
Lol in all seriousness I think you need a 3rd grade reading level for those majors.
Its Canada. You can pass without even knowing how t o read at all so she is above many students
It depends on the reason for the reading level. It could be dyslexia or similar. In that case it is easier for the teacher to sit the kid in the back of the class and just write "B" on every one of her assignments than it is to give her remedial education.
Dyslexia and / or ADHD can be overcome, it just takes lots of hard work and real motivation. If the parents don't care and the kid doesn't care (because they spend all day watching TicTok) then a teacher can't make them learn.
I would bet significant amounts of money that the child's home-life is fucked up.
Me failed English? That unpossible!
That'll be the day. There are literally hundreds of lawsuits for precedence of the opposite, i.e. that NOT graduating illiterate nogs equates to discrimination.
I mean why not. According to everyone, every human is equally smart. So why not blame the system
I'd assumed that it was dyslexia and limited to just reading and misleading article but...
Much more detailed article than Yahoo slop: https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/01/17/family-sues-edmonds-schools-for-hindering-access-to-transition-services/
So the poor girl is quite literally retarded and people at every level of education said "This is fine" and sent her on her merry way? Yeah, sue the entire goddamn lot of them.
In the clip in OP link, she doesn't immediately present as having an IQ that low. It's not Downs or something obvious like that. Interesting to think about actually. If someone's very weak cognitively, but can socialize normally, how long before people would catch on.
There's absolutely no excuse for the GPA though. I know GPA has been meaningless for at least 15-20 years, but this is just absurd.
Smart enough to game the system, though.
Fail me? I sue you for discrimination. Don't fail me? I sue you for discrimination.
This looks like a scam to pay off her college tuition. And she's retarded.
I'm guessing it's not a pro se filing.
That was actually witty. Upvote.
yes please. eat your lawsuits for both failing to teach morons to read, and for shoving it under the rug by pushing them out with faked grades.
If it wanted to read it could have learned it at any time.