Baltimore Chief in Contempt Over Spec.-Ed. Reports
A judge has found Superintendent Walter G. Amprey of the Baltimore schools in contempt of court for failing to comply with a consent decree that mandates regular reports on the city's special-education programs.
U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis cited Mr. Amprey for civil contempt but said he would consider citing him with criminal contempt pending evidence from the Baltimore-based Maryland Disability Law Center, the plaintiff in a long-running lawsuit against the city.
The judge had ordered Mr. Amprey to appear before the court after the schools chief failed to provide by an Oct. 24 deadline a complete quarterly report on the district's special-education services. The district estimated that 18,000 of the system's 113,000...
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