Connecticut school claims immunity in lawsuit for graduating illiterate child

Connecticut school claims immunity in lawsuit for graduating illiterate child

A Connecticut school district has told a judge it should be legally shielded from a lawsuit over a resident teen graduating despite her inability to read or write at the time. Attorneys representing the city of Hartford and the Hartford Board of Education are making their case that they enjoy a level of legal immunity in the face of a civil lawsuit from Aleysha Ortiz.  Ortiz’s suit contends she was pushed through the school system without her di…