Lana Abu-Sahyun v. Palo Alto Unified School District

843 F.2d 1250 46 Ed. Law Rep. 72 Lana ABU-SAHYUN, By and Through Feryal ABU-SAHYUN, her guardian Ad Litem; Feryal Abu-Sahyun, Guardian Ad Litem, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Santa Clara County Office of Education; William Honig, individually and as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California State Department of Education; California State Department of Education, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-1920. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1988. Decided April 8, 1988. Arlene B. Mayerson, Disability Rights Educ. & Defense, Fund, Inc., Berkeley, Cal., Jonathan C. Dickey. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Palo Alto, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Diana K. Smith and Bridget A. Flanagan, Breon, Galagani, Godino & O'Donnell, San Rafael, Cal., Thomas M. Griffin, Girard & Griffin, Sacramento, Cal. for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, BRUNETTI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: BACKGROUND 1 Lana Abu-Sahyun is a severely handicapped student in the Palo Alto Unified School District. In 1985, the…