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1 Shirey v. City of Alexandria School Board (4th Cir. 08 ... - Classweb

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and police <strong>of</strong>ficials.<br />

36 <strong>School</strong> administrators held a meeting with the people involved in<br />

executing the new procedures,<br />

including students and staff, and explained how the new plan<br />

would work.<br />

37 Flags and cell phones were placed in the designated safe rooms,<br />

and a drill was successfully run.<br />

38 As to the bomb-threat incident in April, 1996, however, the<br />

undisputed facts demonstrate<br />

that Cady was excluded from safe evacuation procedures.<br />

39 At that time, the <strong>School</strong> <strong>Board</strong> had no reasonable plan in place<br />

to evacuate disabled children from school buildings during an<br />

emergency.<br />

40 Therefore, we find that the <strong>School</strong> <strong>Board</strong> did in fact discriminate<br />

against Cady based on her disability<br />

41 by excluding her from safe evacuation procedures<br />

during the bomb-threat incident in April <strong>of</strong> 1996.<br />

42 Given the nature <strong>of</strong> the violation in this case, we think it is clear<br />

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