504 Suit Filed on Behalf of Bullied, Autistic Cherry Hill Boy
Invoking a federal statute, musician-educator Pat Gesualdo is suing the district and Akian Chaifetz's former special education teacher at the Horace Mann school, Kelly Altenburg.
A North Jersey man who overcame a severe childhood disability to become a professional musician is suing the Cherry Hill school district on behalf of 10-year-old student Akian Chaifetz. Through the non-profit organization Drums and Disabilities (DAD), the aim of which is to aid autistic children through music instruction, Towaco resident Pat Gesualdo filed a federal complaint Thursday alleging that Chaifetz’s rights were violated by his former special education teacher, Kelly Altenburg. “Akian was bullied, harassed, and publicly humiliated, which is a direct violation of his civil rights,” Gesualdo told Patch. “The teacher needs to be removed immediately.” Prior to the filing of this complaint, Altenburg had already hired legal …
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worried mom
1:33 am on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This poor kid has been threw hell because of this damn school district that we live in. Their soution to the problem was to transfer the Bully teacher into another school within the district. This needs to stop my son whom is now emontinal scared is not the first of her victims. She needs to be stopped and this school district whom preachs all about their S.O.A.R. crap is bunch of BS. Tell my … more ›