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Until 1984, Baltimore's schools paid only scant heed to the requirements of the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which required public schools to provide disabled children with a free, appropriate education designed to meet their unique needs. Susan Leviton, a University of Maryland law professor, used the law, which she called "the greatest piece of social legislation ever written," to file a federal lawsuit in 1984 on behalf of a group of disabled children denied timely delivery of educational services. The lawsuit, known locally as "Vaughn G.," resulted in a 1988 consent decree in which...
Work on this project will be suspended whenstudents return to campus in the fall and will becompleted next summer, Leviton said...
...summer's construction also will feature thererouting of Harvard's storm and sewage drains, aneffort that will require digging up and tunnelingunder large chunks of the Yard, Leviton added...
...combined commotion caused by both projectswill mean extra work controlling traffic in theYard. Some pedestrian routes will be shifted toaccommodate construction, Leviton said, andcontractors will be encouraged not to park theirtrucks in crowded areas...
...going to be easy," Leviton said."People are going to have to be patient andremember that we're making needed renovations onthese buildings."CrimsonJohn C. MitchellOBSTACLE COURSE: The cutting down andplanting of trees has left holes and mounds ofdirt in the Yard...