Chris Moss Vs. Dr. Terry Preece And The Edgewoord Unified School District Essay, Research Paper

Chris Moss vs. Dr. Terry Preece and the Edgewoord Unified School District

May it please the court, counsel: My name is Zach Keeton and along

with my co-counsel Chad Miller and Eric Page , we represent Mr. Chris Moss in

this case. Your honor this is the case of Chris Moss Vs. Dr. Terry Preece and

the Edgewood Unified School District.

The evidence will show that Chris is part way through 12th grade, and in

fact he can’t even read. Your honor this is very alarming to us because of one

simple fact: Chris has never failed one of his reading class.

The evidence will show that there was educational malpractice in this

case. We will also show that the Edgewood School district has a set of guide

lines which is passed down from the state of Independence. The guide lines are

better known as statutes. They state: 1. Each school shall develop proficiency

standards which shall include reading comprehension, writing and computation

skills in the English language, necessary to success in school and LIFE

experiences. 2. The competent educator shall use or promote the use of

appropriate diagnostic techniques to analyze the needs and potential of

individuals. 3. Each competent administrator shall support the process of

learning by providing appropriate and reasonable materials and equipment and by

making reasonable assignments and tasks. These are applicable laws that are

supposed to met by all the school district in the state of Independence,

including the Edgewood School District.

Through evidence which the court will hear today, we will prove that Dr.

Terry Preece , the school superintendend made it a point to pass all of the

students in his school district whenever possible.

On the other hand we will call 3 witness to testify during the course of

this case. The first witness which we will call is Chris himself. He will

state that he has problems reading a simple restaurant menu. What again alarms

us about this fact is that Chris passed his 11th grade reading class with no

grade lower than a C. The second witness which we call is Dr. Daniel Stein.

She will show that Chris could have learned these skills if in fact he had been

properly taught. Our third witness is Mr. Raye Payne. He will say that he

feels that Chris can’t handle a simple mailroom job at his law firm.

The testimony that you will hear today we will show that the Edgewood

School District is in fact at fault for Chris’s problems. We will show that the

school district has a duty to educate people like Chris Moss. The people that

are at a disadvantage. Your honor it is easy to educate a stduent with a

natural talent, but the real challenge lies with trying to educate the people

like Chris Moss, the people who are average in intelligent, but below average

with the basic reading and writing skills.

My client is suing Dr. Terry Preece and the Edgewood unified School

district for $20,000 to cover a private tutor and court costs. My client is

also asking that the school district develop a program so that students that

graduate after him will have basic reading and writing skills. This program

will benefit the future students at the Edgewood schools in a way that the

students will not have to go through the embarrassment and the suffering that my

client is going though.

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