Special education activists say the new Lincoln High School in South San Diego does not meet the needs of physically disabled students. They say the situation is causing a separate but unequal learning environment. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has the story.
Lincoln High is San Diego's newest and most expensive campus. It's divided in half by a steep bank of concrete stairs. As a result, physically disabled students go through a cumbersome process every day. That process includes having another person unlock a series of gates and a long trip around the baseball field.
Doreen Dias Pesta is a special education worker. She says at least one student was denied a class because of the access issue.
Pesta: From the hassle of having to get her up there, she did not get that class. And that is not right because our children's education should not be tailored around access.
Dias Pesta says adding a ramp would solve the problem.
San Diego school officials say the campus is not violating any federal laws because there are still ways for the students to get around on campus.
Ana Tintocalis, KPBS News.
