Aleysha Ortiz, 19, alleges she cannot read or write yet says she graduated with honors from Hartford Public High School in 2024. She has since filed a lawsuit against the Hartford Board of Education ...

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Attorneys for the Hartford Board of Education, a Hartford special education teacher and the City of Hartford argued before a Superior Court judge on Monday that claims by a former student that she was ...

In a lawsuit filed against the Hartford Board of Education, the Connecticut city and a special education teacher, a former student alleges that she graduated from high school without being able to ...

This article was originally published in CT Mirror. When 19-year-old Aleysha Ortiz told Hartford City Council members in May that the public school system stole her education, she had to memorize her ...

Aleysha Ortiz, a 19-year-old student attending the University of Connecticut, said that she can’t read or write, despite graduating from Hartford Public High School with honors. Now she is suing the ...

Aleysha Ortiz graduated from Hartford Public High School without being able to read or write. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader ...

Aleysha Ortiz is suing the Hartford Board of Education in Connecticut, saying the school system left her severe learning disabilities largely untreated. She graduated from Hartford Public High School ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford Public Schools graduate is taking legal action against the city, the Board of Education, and one of her special education teachers. Aleysha Ortiz claims she asked ...

A Connecticut honors student is suing her school district, saying she is illiterate. Despite graduating from Hartford Public High School in June with honors and getting a scholarship to the University ...